Art cinema and neoliberalism / Alex Lykidis.
Lykidis, Alex.
2021
PN1995.9.P6
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Title
Art cinema and neoliberalism / Alex Lykidis.
Author
Lykidis, Alex.
ISBN
9783030610067 (electronic book)
3030610063 (electronic book)
3030610055
9783030610050
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-61006-7
Publication Details
Cham : Palgrave Macmillan, 2021.
Language
English
Description
1 online resource (272 p.).
Item Number
10.1007/978-3-030-61006-7 doi
Call Number
PN1995.9.P6
Dewey Decimal Classification
791.436581
Summary
Cinema and Neoliberalism surveys cinematic responses to neoliberalism across four continents. One of the first in-depth studies of its kind, this book provides an imaginative reassessment of art cinema in the new millennium by showing how the exigencies of contemporary capitalism are exerting pressure on art cinema conventions. Through a careful examination of neoliberal thought and practice, the book explores the wide-ranging effects of neoliberalism on various sectors of society and on the evolution of film language. Alex Lykidis evaluates the relevance of art cinema style to explanations of the neoliberal order and uses a case study approach to analyze the films of acclaimed directors such as Asghar Farhadi, Yorgos Lanthimos, and Lucrecia Martel in relation to the social, political, and cultural characteristics of neoliberalism. By connecting the aesthetics of art cinema to current social antagonisms, Lykidis positions class as a central concern in our understanding of the polarized dynamics of late capitalism and the escalating provocations of todays film auteurs. Alex Lykidis is Associate Professor of Film Studies in the English Department at Montclair State University, USA.
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Global cinema.
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Intro
Acknowledgments
Contents
List of Figures
Chapter 1: Introduction: Art Cinema and the Aesthetics of Crisis
Crisis Cinema
Modalities of Contemporary Crisis
Aesthetics of Crisis
Art Cinema in a Neoliberal Age
Book Organization
References
Part I: Costs of Neoliberalism
1.1 References
Chapter 2: Poetics of Debt: Disruptive Realism in Bamako and The Headless Woman
Debt Dynamics of Neoliberalism
Politicizing Art Cinema
Moral Economy of Debt
Social Debt
References
Part II: Politics of Neoliberalism
References

Chapter 3: Crisis of Sovereignty: Anti-psychologism in Alps, Attenberg, Chevalier and Dogtooth
Democratic Deficits of Neoliberalism
Authoritarian Tendencies in Recent Greek Cinema
Art Cinema at the End of History
Depoliticization and Its Alternatives
References
Chapter 4: Return of the Oppressed: Complex Identification in A Separation
Crisis of Elite Legitimacy in Neoliberalism
Incomplete Revolution
Reorienting Art Cinema Narration
References
Part III: Cultures of Neoliberalism
References

Chapter 5: Political Exclusion and Cultural Difference: Challenging Objectivity in The Class and The Secret of the Grain
Pretenses of Neutrality in Neoliberalism
Narrative Space as Political Geography
Against Neutrality
The Limits of Cultural Difference
Rethinking Art Cinema Objectivity
References
Chapter 6: Multiculturalism as Class Trauma: Antagonistic Authorship in Caché, Code Unknown, Happy End and Time of the Wolf
Hostility to Multiculturalism in Neoliberalism
Insecurity and Ambiguity
The State and Authorship
Class Particularism of Art Cinema
References

Chapter 7: Afterword
References
Index

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