Levinas and the cinema of redemption : time, ethics, and the feminine /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Girgus, Sam B., 1941-
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	New York : Columbia University Press, [2010]
Series:	Film and culture.
Subjects:	Motion pictures > Moral and ethical aspects. Motion pictures > Philosophy. Redemption in motion pictures. Lévinas, Emmanuel > Criticism and interpretation.

Table of 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.