Of elephants and toothaches : ethics, politics, and religion in Krzysztof Kieślowski's Decalogue / Eva Badowska and Francesca Parmeggiani, Editors.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Parmeggiani, Francesca, editor.

Badowska, Eva, editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Television programs--Moral and ethical aspects--Poland.

Television programs.

Religion on television.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (243 pages) : illustrations.

Place of Publication:

NY Fordham University Press 2016

New York, NY : Fordham University Press, 2016

Language Note:

English

System Details:

text file

Summary:

This collection is the first to offer a genuinely interdisciplinary approach to Krzysztof Kieslowski's Decalogue, a ten-film cycle of modern tales that touch on the ethical dilemmas of the Ten Commandments. The cycle's deft handling of moral ambiguity and inventive technique established Kieslowski as a major international director. Kieslowski once said, Both the deep believer and the habitual skeptic experience toothaches in exactly the same way. Of Elephants and Toothaches takes seriously the range of thought, from theological to skeptical, condensed in the cycle's quite human tales. Bringing together scholars of film, philosophy, literature, and several religions, the volume ranges from individual responsibility, to religion in modernity, to familial bonds, to human desire and material greed. It explores Kieslowski's cycle as it relentlessly solicits an ethical response that stimulates both inner disquiet and interpersonal dialogue.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references and index.

CC BY

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Print version:

ISBN:

9780823267132

082326713X

9780823267118

0823267113

OCLC:

945377741