Chapter 7. Infernal affairs and the ethics of complex narrative
Cameron, Allen and Cubitt, Sean (2009) Chapter 7. Infernal affairs and the ethics of complex narrative. In, Buckland, Warren (ed.) Puzzle Films: Complex Narratives in Contemporary World Cinema. London, GB, Wiley-Blackwell, 151-166. (doi:10.1002/9781444305708.ch7).
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Description/Abstract
Typically, we hope for a film to become an agent, an Other with which we dialogue; but here the internal dedifferentiation of the characters spurs a second, external dedifferentiation. That 'Infernal Affairs' meets with such recognition as a popular success is due to a different order of truth: one that depicts epic, heroic, ethical failure as a characteristic quality of our times. That in passing it thus unveils the simplistic and truly ahistorical ethical principles of simple narrative is only a bonus.
| Item Type: | Book Section |
|---|---|
| ISBNs: | 9781405168625 (paperback) 1405168625 (paperback) 9781405168618 (hardback) 1405168617 (hardback) |
| Subjects: | N Fine Arts > N Visual arts (General) For photography, see TR P Language and Literature > PN Literature (General) > PN1993 Motion Pictures |
| Divisions: | University Structure - Pre August 2011 > School of Art |
| Item ID: | 179887 |
| Date Deposited: | 08 Apr 2011 10:18 |
| Last Modified: | 02 Mar 2012 13:16 |
| Contributors: | Cameron, Allen (Author) Cubitt, Sean (Author) Buckland, Warren (Editor) |
| Date: | 18 March 2009 |
| Status: | Published |
| Publisher: | Wiley-Blackwell |
| URI: | http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/179887 |
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