Lars von Trier's cinema excess, evil, and the prophetic voice / Rebecca Ver Straten-McSparran.
| Author/creator | Ver Straten-McSparran, Rebecca |
| Format | Electronic |
| Publication Info | Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : Routledge, 2022. |
| Description | volumes cm |
| Supplemental Content | Full text available from Taylor & Francis eBooks |
| Subjects |
| Contents | Context : prophets and prophecy, Ezekiel, and the spirit -- Artist as prophet : affinities in Dante, Milton, Dostoyevsky, O'Connor, and Tarkovsky -- Aesthetics of prophecy : narrative structures and prophetic themes -- Aesthetics of image, sound, and style : embodying the prophetic voice -- Antichrist : Paradise lost and our capacity for evil -- Conclusion. |
| Abstract | "This book offers a bold and dynamic examination of Lars von Trier's cinema by interweaving philosophy and theology with close attention to aesthetics through style and narrative. It explores the prophetic voice of von Trier's films, juxtaposing them with Ezekiel's prophecy and Ricoeur's symbols of evil, myth, and hermeneutics of revelation. The films of Lars von Trier are categorized as extreme cinema, inducing trauma and emotional rupture rarely paralleled, while challenging audiences to respond in new ways. This volume argues that the spiritual, biblical content of the films holds a key to understanding von Trier's oeuvre of excess. Spiritual conflict is the mechanism that unpacks the films' notorious excess with explosive, centrifugal force. By confronting the spectator with spiritual conflict through evil, von Trier's films truthfully and prophetically expose the spectator's complicity in personal and structural evil, forcing self-examination through theological themes, analogous to the prophetic voice of the transgressive Hebrew prophet Ezekiel, his prophecy, and its form of delivery. Placed in context with the prophetic voices of Dante, Milton, Dostoyevsky, O'Connor, and Tarkovsky, this volume offers a theoretical framework beyond von Trier. It will be of great interest to scholars in Film Studies, Film and Philosophy, Film and Theology"-- Provided by publisher. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Access restriction | Available only to authorized users. |
| Technical details | Mode of access: World Wide Web |
| Genre/form | Electronic books. |
| LCCN | 2021009077 |
| ISBN | 9780367766566 (hardback) |
| ISBN | 9780367775742 (paperback) |
| ISBN | (ebook) |
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