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Book SynopsisTrade ReviewA brilliant account of the Dardenne brothers' cinema... their politically engaged social realism and concern with the pauperized victims of global capital are beautifully complemented by the precise lucidity of the author's prose, the nuance of his textual analysis, and his provocative but non-dogmatic social theory. -- David James, University of Southern California An excellent introduction to the Dardenne brothers' films but also a lucid exposition of the historical and intellectual frameworks in which their social realism can be evaluated. This volume also explains how their filmmaking can be understood in terms of major contemporary philosophical currents. -- Felix Thompson, University of Derby, UK A comprehensive overview. -- Melina Gils Film Quarterly
Table of ContentsAcknowledgements 1. Responsible Realists 2. Cinematic Reference Points 3. The Video Documentaries, 1974-83: In the Beginning Was the Resistance; The Nightingale's Song; When Leon M.'s Boat First Sailed down the River Meuse; For the War to End, the Walls Had to Crumble; R... No Longer Answers; Lessons from a University on the Fly; Look at Jonathan; Jean Louvet, His Work 4. Foraying into Fiction, 1986-92: Falsch; They're Running ... Everyone's Running; You're on My Mind 5. Breakthrough: The Promise, 1996 6. First Palme d'Or: Rosetta, 1999 7. Pushing the Envelope: The Son, 2002 8. Second Palme d'Or: The Child, 2005 9. A Minor Shift: The Silence of Lorna, 2008 Afterword: The Kid with a Bike, 2011 Filmography Bibliography Index
