Foreword
The Importance of Stanley Cavell for the Study of Film
Sandra LaugierIntroduction
The Seriousness of Film Sustained
David LaRocca I. The Companionship of Film and Philosophy
1. Love and Class in Douglas Sirk’s All That Heaven AllowsRobert B. Pippin
2. Lévinas, Cavell, and the Films of the Dardenne Brothers
William Rothman
3. The Specter of the Electronic Screen: Bruno Varela’s Reception of Cavell
Byron Davies II. Recollecting and Remembering
4. The Pertinence of the Stars: Achieving Mortality in Little Did I Know and Only Angels Have WingsSteven G. Affeldt
5. In Praise of Cinema: Cavell, Arnaud Desplechin, and Telling What Counts in Trois souvenirs de ma jeunesseJoseph Mai III. Rethinking Remarriage
6. Morality and Recognition: A Cavellian Reading of Elaine May’s A New LeafPaul Schofield
7. Remarriage Comedy, the Next Generation: The Bold Pursuit of Happiness
K. L. EvansIV. The Female Voice Heard Anew
8. Passionate Utterances: Cavell, Film, and the Female Voice
Catherine Wheatley
9. Cavell, Altman, Cassavetes: The Melodrama of the Unknown Woman in A Woman Under the Influence and NashvilleCharles Warren V. Contending with Conditions, Human and Otherwise
10. Stanley Kubrick and Stanley Cavell: Cinematic Syntax, Avoidance, and Acknowledgment
David Mikics
11. The Use and Abuse of Documentary Confessionals: Cavell, Žižek, and the Possibility of Justice in The Unknown Known and The Act of KillingAmir Khan
12. Pursuits of Happiness in the Time of War: On Borhane Alaouié’s Beirut: The EncounterDaniele Rugo VI. Visibility, Audibility, and Intelligibility
13. Chantal Akerman and Stanley Cavell: Viewing in La Captive and Reviewing in Moral Perfectionism
Kate Rennebohm
14. Contemplating the Sounds of Contemplative Cinema: Stanley Cavell and Kelly Reichardt
David LaRocca
Acknowledgments
Contributors
Index