1st Edition
Cinema and Contact The Withdrawal of Touch in Nancy, Bresson, Duras and Denis
By Laura McMahon
Copyright 2012
188 Pages
by
Routledge
188 Pages
by
Routledge
188 Pages
by
Routledge
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This book, drawing on the work of contemporary French philosopher Jean-Luc Nancy, investigates the aesthetics and politics of touch in the cinema of three of the most prominent and distinctive filmmakers to have emerged in France: Robert Bresson, Marguerite Duras and Claire Denis.
Introduction 1. Jean-Luc Nancy: Co-Exposure, Technicity, Cinema 2. Robert Bresson: A Cinematography of Contact 3. Marguerite Duras: Back to Zero, or a Politics of Being-with 4. Claire Denis: Commonalities in Close-up 5. Conclusion
Biography
Laura McMahon
