Jean Pierre and Luc Dardenne 1st Edition by Joseph Mai ISBN 0252035283 9780252035289

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ISBN 10: 0252035283

ISBN 13: 9780252035289 

Author: Joseph Mai

For well over a decade, Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardenne have produced highly original and ethically charged films that immerse their audiences in an intense and embodied viewing experience. Their work has consistently attracted international recognition, including the rare feat of two Palmes d’Or at Cannes.

In this first book-length study of the Belgian brothers, Joseph Mai delivers sophisticated close analyses of their directorial style and explores the many philosophical issues dealt with in their films (especially the ethics of Emmanuel Levinas). Mai discusses the Dardennes’ varied and searching career from its inception in the late 1970s, starting with the working-class political consciousness and lost utopias of their documentary period; passing through their transition toward fictional narrative, experimental techniques, and familial themes; and finishing with a series of in-depth and philosophically informed interpretations of the brothers’ more recent work. In such highly influential films such as La promesse, Rosetta, The Son, and The Child, the brothers have recast filmmaking through what Mai calls a “sensuous realism”–realism capable of touching the audience with the most compelling problems and moral dilemmas of contemporary society. This volume also features an interview in which the Dardennes discuss their approach to film production and the direction of actors.

Table of contents:

Cover
Title Page
Copyright
Contents
Preface and Acknowledgments

1. Militant Video
2. The Workers’ Movement
3. Words and History
4. Flashes of Hope
5. Falsch (1987)
6. Against Speed
7. Punching the Clock: Thinking of You (1992)
8. Behind Our Images: A New Beginning
9. La Promesse
10. A Sensuous Realism
11. Budget and Rhythm
12. Rosetta and Émilie Dequenne
13. The Son
14. The Rhythm of Tears: The Child
15. Dans l’Obscurité
Postscript: Le Silence de Lorna

Interview with Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardenne
Filmography
Bibliography
Index

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