Of elephants and toothaches ethics, politics, and religion in Krzysztof Kieślowski's Decalogue
This collection is the first to offer a genuinely interdisciplinary approach to Krzysztof Kieslowski'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 Ki...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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New York
Fordham University Press
2016, 2016
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| Edition: | First edition |
| Series: | Open Access e-Books
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| Collection: | JSTOR Open Access Books - Collection details see MPG.ReNa |
| Summary: | This collection is the first to offer a genuinely interdisciplinary approach to Krzysztof Kieslowski'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 Kieślowski as a major international director. Kieślowski 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 Kieślowski's cycle as it relentlessly solicits an ethical response that stimulates both inner disquiet and interpersonal dialogue |
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| Physical Description: | vi, 243 pages |
| ISBN: | 9780823269273 0823267113 0823269272 0823267105 |