Eric Rohmer : filmmaker and philosopher /
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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London :
Bloomsbury Academic, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing Plc,
2016
London ; New York : Bloomsbury Academic, 2016 New York, NY : 2016 |
| Series: | Philosophical filmmakers
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Table of Contents:
- 1 The Nature of Contemporary Eroticism: Between Art of Seduction and Nostalgia for the Unconditional 1
- A Very Short History of Eroticism l
- 2 Six contes moraux 13
- Playing with a Toy and Flirting Aiming at a Third Party: La Boulangère de Monceau and La Carrière de Suzanne 14
- The Erotic Attractivity of Catholics: Ma nuit chez Maud 19
- Narcissism and Promiscuity: La Collectionneuse 25
- Rousseauism and Telling on Others: Le genou de Claire 30
- Venus and Juno: L'Amour l'après-midi 38
- 3 Comédies et proverbes 45
- The Erotic Loser: La Femme de l'aviateur 46
- Marriage as Purpose? Le Beau mariage 50
- Beach Seductions: Pauline à la plage 55
- One Woman, Three Men, and Three Forms of Love: Les Nuits de la pleine lune 61
- The Search for the Confirming Sign: Le Rayon vert 66
- Elective Affinities in an Erotic Quadrilateral: L'Ami de mon amie 70
- 4 Contes de quatre saisons 79
- Playing the Pander for One's Father? Conte de printemps 80
- One Man, Three Women, and Three Forms of Love: Conte d'été 85
- Playing the Pander for One's Friend: Conte d'automne 90
- Waiting Beyond Rational Hope: Conte d'hiver 96
- 5 The Idea of a Realist Cinema 103
- What Does Realism Mean for Rohmer? 113
- 6 Content and Form in Pauline à la plage: Interweaving Words and Images 127
- The Imagery of Fall and Redemption 131
- 7 Rohmer the Non-Moralizing Moralist 145
- 8 Conclusion 153