Chapter 7. Infernal affairs and the ethics of complex narrative
Chapter 7. Infernal affairs and the ethics of complex narrative
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.
9781405168625
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Cameron, Allen
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Cubitt, Sean
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18 March 2009
Cameron, Allen
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Cubitt, Sean
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Cameron, Allen and Cubitt, Sean
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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, .
(doi:10.1002/9781444305708.ch7).
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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.
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Published date: 18 March 2009
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Allen Cameron
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Sean Cubitt
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