Of Elephants and Toothaches :
Ethics, Politics, and Religion in Krzysztof Kieslowski's 'Decalogue' /
Eva Badowska, Francesca Parmeggiani.
Description
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English
- Published
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©2016.
London : Knowledge Unlatched, c2016.
New York : Fordham University Press, c2016.
- Summary
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This collection is the first to offer a genuinely interdisciplinary approach to Krzysztof Kie?lowski’s Decalogue, a ten-film cycle of modern tales that touch on the ethical dilemmas of the Ten Commandments. The cycle’s deft handling of moral ambiguity and inventive technique established Kie?lowski as a major international director. Kie?lowski once said, “Both the deep believer and the habitual skeptic experience toothaches in exactly the same way.” Of Elephants and Toothaches takes seriously the range of thought, from theological to skeptical, condensed in the cycle’s quite human tales. Bringing together scholars of film, philosophy, literature, and several religions, the volume ranges from individual responsibility, to religion in modernity, to familial bonds, to human desire and material greed. It explores Kie?lowski’s cycle as it relentlessly solicits an ethical response that stimulates both inner disquiet and interpersonal dialogue.
A multi- and interdisciplinary collection of essays addressing ethical, political and aesthetic questions raised in the ten-film cycle Decalogue (1989) by Polish filmmaker Krzysztof Kieślowski. This title was made Open Access by libraries from around the world through Knowledge Unlatched.
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Also issued in print and PDF version.
- Physical Description
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1 online resource :
illustrations, figures, tables.
- ISBN
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9780823267101 (print-ISBN)
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