Talk to Her

ISBN-13: 9780415773669 / Angielski / Twarda / 2008 / 128 str.

A. W. Eaton

Opis

Pedro Almodovar is one of the most renowned film directors of recent years. Talk to Her is one of the most discussed and controversial of all his films. Dealing principally with the issue of rape, it also offers profound insights into the nature of love and friendship whilst raising important philosophical and moral questions.

This is the first book to explore and address the philosophical aspects of Almodovar’s film and the specially commissioned chapters examine the following topics:

• The relationship between art and morality and the problem of 'immoralism'
• Moral injury and its role in the way we form moral judgments, including the ethics of love and friendship
• The nature of dialogue, sexual objectification and what 'listening to' means in the context of gender
• Almodovar's use of allusion and the unmasking of appearances to explore hidden themes in human nature.

Including annotated sections of further reading at the end of each chapter and a biography of Almodovar, Talk to Her is essential reading for students interested in philosophy and film as well as ethics and gender.

Spis treści

Talk to Them: An Introduction Noël Carroll  1. Rapport, Rupture, and Rape: Reflections on Talk to Her George Wilson  2. Almodóvar’s Immoralism A. W. Eaton 3. Devils and Angels in Almodóvar’s Talk to Her Robert Pippin 4. Nothing Is Simple Cynthia Freeland 5. A Celémin of Shit: Comedy and Deception in Almodóvar’s Talk to Her C.D.C. Reeve 

O autorze

A.W. Eaton is Assistant Professor in Philosophy at the University of Illinois at Chicago. She has published articles on the relationship between ethics and aesthetics, pornography, and feminist aesthetics.