Babette's feast
By: Julian Baggini
Edition: First edition.
Series: BFI Film Classics Ser
Publisher: BFI Publishing
Published: 2020
Place of publication: London [England]
Language: eng
Number of pages: 97
ISBN-13: 9781838719906; 9781911239666; 9781911239680
Subjects: Criticism and interpretation; Film theory & criticism; Babette's feast (Motion picture)
Description: "On the face of it, Gabriel Axel's Babette's Feast (1989) is a film in which the eyes - and mouths - of religious zealots are opened to the glories of the sensual world. It is a critique of what Nietzsche called life-denying religion in favour of life-affirming sensuality. But to view the film in that way is to get it profoundly wrong. In his study of the film, Julian Baggini argues that Babette's Feast is not about the battle between religiosity and secularity but a deep examination of how the two can come together. Baggini's analysis focuses on themes of love, pleasure, artisty and grace, to provide a rich philosophical reading of this most sensual of films."--
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.

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Table of contents: title: Intro; title: Contents; title: Acknowledgements; title: Introduction; title: 1 Mortal Illusions; title: 2 Love; title: 3 Pleasure; title: 4 The Artist; title: 5 Grace; title: Conclusion: The Religion of the Immanent; title: Notes; title: Credits; title: Bibliography.