Of Elephants and Toothaches Parmeggiani Francesca
Of Elephants and Toothaches Parmeggiani Francesca This collection is the first to offer a genuinely interdisciplinary approach to Krzysztof Kieślowski's Decalogue, a ten-film cycle of modern tales…
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Of Elephants and Toothaches Parmeggiani Francesca
This collection is the first to offer a genuinely interdisciplinary approach to Krzysztof Kieślowski's Decalogue, a ten-film cycle of modern tales that touch on the ethical dilemmas of the Ten Commandments. 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. 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.
It explores Kieślowski's cycle as it