Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardenne / Joseph Mai.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Mai, Joseph.

Series:

Contemporary film directors.

Contemporary film directors

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Motion picture producers and directors--Biography.

Motion picture producers and directors.

Dardenne, Jean-Pierre, 1951---Criticism and interpretation.

Dardenne, Jean-Pierre.

Dardenne, Luc, 1954---Criticism and interpretation.

Dardenne, Luc.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (177 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Urbana : University of Illinois Press, c2010.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

For well over a decade, Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardenne have produced highly original and ethically charged films that immerse their audiences in an intense and embodied viewing experience. Their work has consistently attracted international recognition, including the rare feat of two Palmes d'Or at Cannes. In this first book-length study of the Belgian brothers, Joseph Mai delivers sophisticated close analyses of their directorial style and explores the many philosophical issues dealt with in their films (especially the ethics of Emmanuel Levinas). Mai discusses the Dardennes' varied and searching career from its inception in the late 1970s, starting with the working-class political consciousness and lost utopias of their documentary period; passing through their transition toward fictional narrative, experimental techniques, and familial themes; and finishing with a series of in-depth and philosophically informed interpretations of the brothers' more recent work. In such highly influential films such as La promesse, Rosetta, The Son, and The Child, the brothers have recast filmmaking through what Mai calls a "sensuous realism"--realism capable of touching the audience with the most compelling problems and moral dilemmas of contemporary society. This volume also features an interview in which the Dardennes discuss their approach to film production and the direction of actors.

Contents:

Encounters through a frame. Militant video

The workers' movement

Words and history

Flashes of hope

Falsch (1987)

Against speed

Punching the clock: Thinking of you (1992)

Behind our images: a new start

La promesse

A sensuous realism

Budget and rhythm

Rosetta and âEmilie Dequenne

The son

The rhythm of tears: The child

Dans l'obscuritâe

Postscript: Le silence de Lorna

Interview with Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardenne.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Description based on print version record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9786613028945

9781283028943

1283028948

9780252091773

0252091779

OCLC:

709664752