Performing Ethics Through Film Style Av Edward Lamberti

<p>Emmanuel Levinas’s ethical philosophy has had a significant influence on film theory in recent years. Proposing a relationship between Levinasian ethics and film style, and bringing it into a productive dialogue with theories of performativity, this book explores this influence through three directorial bodies of work: those of the Dardenne Brothers, Barbet Schroeder and Paul Schrader. <br>Discussing a range of films – including the Dardennes’ <i>Le Fils</i> and <i>The Kid with a Bike</i>, Schroeder’s <i>Maîtresse</i> and <i>Reversal of Fortune</i> and Schrader’s <i>American Gigolo</i> and <i>The Comfort of Strangers</i> – Edward Lamberti demonstrates how film styles can perform a Levinasian ethics.</p>