Edward Lamberti delves into the intricate world of film analysis, with a particular focus on classification. His work explores the evolving landscape of how films are categorized and understood across different eras. Rooted in his academic and professional experience in film studies and classification, Lamberti offers readers a distinctive perspective on the art and societal impact of cinema. He provides a unique lens through which to appreciate the complexities of film.
Proposing a relationship between Levinasian ethics and film style, and bringing it into a productive dialogue with theories of performativity, this book explores this influence through three directorial bodies of work: those of Barbet Schroeder, Paul Schrader and the Dardenne Brothers.
This official history of the British Board of Film Classification (BBFC) draws on unprecedented access to the BBFC's archives to trace 100 years of film classification, with contributions from leading film critics and historians and case studies of controversial films such as Battleship Potemkin and A Clockwork Orange.