{"product_id":"modern-european-cinema-and-love-9781526149435","title":"Modern European Cinema and Love","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eModern European cinema and love\u003c\/i\u003e examines nine European directors whose films contain stories about romantic love and marriage. The directors are Jean Renoir, Ingmar Bergman, Alain Resnais, Michelangelo Antonioni, Agnès Varda, François Truffaut, Federico Fellini, Jean-Luc Godard and Éric Rohmer. The book approaches questions of love and marriage from a philosophical perspective, applying the ideas of authors such as Stanley Cavell, Leo Bersani, Luce Irigaray and Alain Badiou, while also tracing key concepts from Freudian psychoanalysis. Each of the filmmakers engages deeply with notions of modern love and marriage, often in positive ways, but also in ways that question the institutions of love, marriage and the ‘couple’.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e‘In this thoughtful and persuasive book, Richard Rushton focuses on how European cinema from the 1960s onwards has grappled with the problem of other minds by representing the thoroughly modern marriage. Rushton draws on Stanley Cavell’s work on comedies of remarriage to show how the heterosexual couple in crisis is a dominant feature of European cinema too. He thus offers a new perspective on debates about the relationship between European and Hollywood cinema, in a framework that emphasises how both filmmaking cultures work through the impact of changing gender relations and the new subjectivities they forge.’\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFiona Handyside, Associate Professor in Film Studies, University of Exeter\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e‘In a refreshingly clear-sighted reconsideration of some cornerstone films of European art cinema, Richard Rushton demonstrates arresting connections with the classical Hollywood romantic comedy. Reading the cycles side by side, by way of philosophical theories of love, marriage and subjectivity, he opens up new perspectives on both as well as on that most enduringly ubiquitous axis of social organisation and human meaning, the romantic relationship itself. Remaining admirably accessible throughout, this is a book for lovers of cinema and lovers \u003ci\u003etout court\u003c\/i\u003e alike.’\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eMary Harrod , Associate Professor of Film Studies, University of Warwick\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Rushton’s brilliant move is to take such difficult matters as love, romance and coupling as seriously as European New Wave cinema did. In doing so, he not only provides rich new readings of well-loved films but also shakes loose the supposed ideological coherence of those New Waves.'\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eKyle Stevens, Associate Professor of English, Appalachian State University\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e -- .\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eIntroduction: acknowledgment and connectedness\u003cbr\u003e1 Remarriage in Hollywood and Europe\u003cbr\u003e2 The falsity of social worlds: \u003ci\u003eThe Rules of the Game\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e3 Ingmar Bergman’s \u003ci\u003eSmiles of a Summer Night\u003c\/i\u003e: acknowledgment and deception\u003cbr\u003e4 Ingmar Bergman: comedies and tragedies\u003cbr\u003e5 Alain Resnais and the communication of love\u003cbr\u003e6 Michelangelo Antonioni: learning how to love\u003cbr\u003e7 Agnès Varda: the construction and destruction of the couple\u003cbr\u003e8 François Truffaut and the impossible couple\u003cbr\u003e9 Federico Fellini: love and forgiveness\u003cbr\u003e10 Jean-Luc Godard: in praise of two\u003cbr\u003e11 Éric Rohmer: the ordinary miracle of love\u003cbr\u003eIndex\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Manchester University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51041014219095,"sku":"9781526149435","price":76.5,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781526149435.jpg?v=1750948602","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/modern-european-cinema-and-love-9781526149435","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}