While I agree with you in essence :), ethics and morality
are subjects of their own extensive philosophical value and
exploration from time immemorial. Whether or not these
concerns translate into cinema beyond the "merely thematic"
has yet to be discerned.
"Hiroshima mon amour" is actually quite amorphous, since it
superficially addresses matters of nuclear annihilation in typically
French, tepid erotica and therefore waters down the larger ethical
message to little more than the films I mentioned, which at least
make no pretenses other than being rather ordinary ethical dilemmas
among common, ordinary people in everyday situations.
Until film makers are capable of becoming adept in understanding the
differentiation between Classical Physics and Quantum Physics,
cinema has yet to address or portray the ethical/moral "Uncertainty"
implicit in the quantum mode.
Rosemary
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On Tue, 29 Jul 2003, reni celeste wrote:
> If we think the ethical as merely thematic it is the content of all
> drama. if we understand drama as a contest of wills and values. To
> probe deeper into the question of essence and conditions of possibility
> for the ethical is maybe more challenging for cinema. Kieslowski's
> "Decalogue" or Resnais' "Hiroshima mon amour".
>
> reni
>
> On Tuesday, July 29, 2003, at 01:15 PM, Rosemary Ceravolo wrote:
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> > There's always "Double Indemnity," "The Postman Always Rings Twice,"
> > "Mildred Pierce," to name just several....
> >
> > Rosemary
> > ...........................
> > On Tue, 29 Jul 2003, Shaw, Dan wrote:
> >
> >> To change the subject, I am putting together a book on ethics and
> >> film, =
> >> and would appreciate suggestions from the members of the salon as to
> >> the =
> >> best cinematic portrayals of ethical dilemmas, contemporary moral
> >> issues =
> >> and/or moral virtues in film.
> >>
> >> I am also in the process of editing a special edition of Film and =
> >> Philosophy on
> >> Ethical and Existential themes in film, which is looking good. But
> >> the =
> >> book is a totally separate endeavor.
> >>
> >> Dan Shaw
> >> Managing Editor, Film and Philosophy =20
> >>
> >
> >
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