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Record Nr.

UNINA9910136771103321

Titolo

Of elephants and toothaches : ethics, politics, and religion in Krzysztof Kieślowski's Decalogue / / Eva Badowska and Francesca Parmeggiani, Editors

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York, NY : , : Fordham University Press, , 2016

©2016

ISBN

9780823267132

082326713X

0823267113

9780823267118

9780823267101

0823267105

9780823269273

0823269272

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (243 pages) : illustrations

Disciplina

791.45/72

Soggetti

Television programs - Moral and ethical aspects - Poland

Religion on television

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Sommario/riassunto

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 Kieslowski as a major international director. Kieslowski 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 Kieslowski's cycle as it relentlessly solicits an ethical response that stimulates both inner disquiet and interpersonal dialogue.