Existentialism and contemporary cinema : a Sartrean perspective / edited by Jean-Pierre Boule and Enda McCaffrey.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Boulé, Jean-Pierre.

McCaffrey, Enda.

Series:

Berghahnonfilm Existentialism and contemporary cinema

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Sartre, Jean-Paul, 1905-1980--Philosophy.

Sartre, Jean-Paul.

Sartre, Jean-Paul, 1905-1980--Influence.

Existentialism in motion pictures.

Philosophy in motion pictures.

Physical Description:

vi, 200 p.

Place of Publication:

New York : Berghahn Books, 2011.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

At the heart of this volume is the assertion that Sartrean existentialism, most prominent in the 1940s, particularly in France, is still relevant as a way of interpreting the world today. Film, by reflecting philosophical concerns in the actions and choices of characters, continues and extends a tradition in which art exemplifies the understanding of existentialist philosophy. In a scholarly yet accessible style, the contributors exploit the rich interplay between Sartre’s philosophy, plays and novels, and a number of contemporary films including No Country for Old Men, Lost in Translation and The Truman Show, with film-makers including the Dardenne brothers, Michael Haneke, and Mike Leigh. This volume will be of interest to students who are coming to Sartre’s work for the first time and to those who would like to read films within an existentialist perspective.

Contents:

Introduction / Jean-Pierre Boule and Enda McCaffrey

The call to freedom. Peter Weir's The Truman show and Sartrean freedom / Christopher Falzon

Michael Haneke and the consequences of radical freedom / Kevin L. Stoehr

Naked, bad faith and masculinity / Mark Stanton

Pursuits of transcendence in The man who wasn't there / Tom Martin - Lorna's silence: Sartre and the Dardenne Brothers / Sarah Cooper

Films of situation. Being-Lost in translation / Michelle R. Darnell

If I should wake before I die: existentialism as a political call to arms in The crying game / Tracey Nicholls

Crimes of passion, freedom and a clash of Sartrean moralities in the Coen Brothers' No country for old men / Enda McCaffrey

'An act of confidence in the freedom of men': Jean-Paul Sartre and Ousmane Sembene / Patrick Williams

Cedric Klapisch's The Spanish apartment and Russian dolls in Nausea's mirror / Jean-Pierre Boule

Baz Luhrmann's William Shakespeare's Romeo + Juliet: the nauseous art of adaptation / Alistair Rolls.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-80758-905-6

1-283-32652-3

9786613326522

0-85745-320-3

OCLC:

769188699