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Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardenne (Paperback, New)
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Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardenne (Paperback, New)
Series: Contemporary Film Directors
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Loot Price R547
Discovery Miles 5 470
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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.
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