Cinema and evil : moral complexities and the "dangerous" film /: moral complexities and the "dangerous" film. (2013)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: By Dara Waldron.
• Other Names: Waldron, Dara
• Contents: Introduction : from Lang to Haneke : the 'dangerous' film -- 'Trying to see darkness' : a genealogy of evil from Manicheanism to Bataille -- The 'Discourse on evil' in Fritz Lang's M (1931) and Orson Welles's Touch of evil (1958) -- Pasolini and the remnants of neorealism : towards an immeasurable evil -- 'Strike dear mistress and cure his heart' : evil and the law in Liliana Cavani's The night porter (1974) -- 'Barbarism begins at home' : Augustinian evil in Haneke's Benny's video (1992) -- Doli incapax? : re-evaluating evil and its origins in Michael Haneke's Caché (2005) -- Seeing and failing to see again : on the evil of Michael Haneke's The white ribbon (2009) -- Conclusion : the "dangerous" film -- Postscript : a curious kind of elephant.
• Publisher Details: Newcastle upon Tyne, UK : Cambridge Scholars Publishing
• Publication Date: 2013
• Extent: 1 online resource (xi, 217 pages .)
• Subjects: 791.43653; Films, cinema; Evil in motion pictures; PERFORMING ARTS -- Reference; Evil in motion pictures; Film: styles & genres; Ethics & moral philosophy; Electronic books; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 1443865583; 9781443865586; 1322056897; 9781322056890
• Related ISBNs: 9781443843423; 1443843423
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references (pages 201-214).; Note: Filmography: pages 215-217.; Note: Print version record.
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