Levinas and the cinema of redemption time, ethics, and the feminine / Sam B. Girgus.

Author/creator Girgus, Sam B., 1941-
Format Electronic
Publication InfoNew York : Columbia University Press,
Descriptionxii, 256 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
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SeriesFilm and culture
Film and culture. ^A303731
Contents Introduction : time, film, and the ethical vision of Emmanuel Levinas. American transcendence : Levinas and a short history of an American idea in film -- Frank Capra and James Stewart : time, transcendence, and the other -- The changing face of American redemption : Henry Fonda, Marilyn Monroe, Paul Newman, and Denzel Washington -- Sex, art, and Oedipus : The unbearable lightness of being -- Fellini and La dolce vita : documentary, decadence, and desire -- Antonioni and L'avventura : transcendence, the body, and the feminine.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
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