Notare l’aspetto umano

Soul-blindness e reenactment nei documentari di Joshua Oppenheimer

Authors

  • Raffaele Ariano Università Vita-Salute San Raffaele Author

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.13136/2974-6442/v01/2022/079

Keywords:

Joshua Oppenheimer, Stanley Cavell, Ludwig Wittgenstein, reenactment, soul-blindness

Abstract

The article studiesJoshua Oppenheimer’sdocumentaries – TheAct of Killing (2012)and The Look of Silence(2014) – combiningclose reading, film theoryand philosophy. Inparticular, the balancebetween performativityand spectatorshipdeveloped in Oppenheimer’sreenactmentswill be described, theninterpreted throughthe lens of Cavell’sconcept of soul-blindnessand, more generally,his use of Wittgenstein’sdiscussion ofappearance-vision andintersubjectivity.

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Published

2022-12-10

Issue

Vol. 1 (2022): La costruzione del reale

Section

Scritture

How to Cite

Notare l’aspetto umano: Soul-blindness e reenactment nei documentari di Joshua Oppenheimer. (2022). PHILM. Journal of Philosophy and Cinema, 1, 79-94. https://doi.org/10.13136/2974-6442/v01/2022/079