Name: István Szabó: Filmmaker of Existential Choices
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Author: Costica Bradatan
ISBN: 9781350181823

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István Szabó: Filmmaker of Existential Choices

Type

Physical Book

Author

Susan Rubin Suleiman

Illustrated by

Costica Bradatan

Publisher

Bloomsbury Academic

Year

2024

Language

English

Pages

208

Format

Paperback

Dimensions

21.6 x 13.8 x 2.5 cm

Weight

0.45 kg.

ISBN13

9781350181823

Synopsis "István Szabó: Filmmaker of Existential Choices"

István Szabó is one of the few Hungarian filmmakers to have earned a major international reputation over the past half century. This thoughtful and original book is the first examination of Szabó's contribution to contemporary thought, engaging the troubled history of Europe in the 20th and 21st centuries. István Szabó's importance as a filmmaker lies not only in his attention to film's formal elements but in his deep and ongoing engagement with some of the most urgent ethical and existential questions of our time. With detailed analyses of István Szabó's major films, from his 1960s works to his Academy Award for Best Foreign Film winner, Mephisto, and on through Szabó's last film in 2020, Final Report, Susan Rubin Suleiman focuses on four important questions pertaining to existential choice: to leave home or to stay in a communist country? To collaborate or not with an authoritarian regime? To affirm or to deny one's Jewishness in the face of antisemitism? To seek or to give up on community in the face of individual or national conflicts? Above all, Suleiman addresses the single most important philosophical question that haunts Szabó's work, as it does that of many other Central European intellectuals and filmmakers of our time. That is, how do individuals attempt, through the life choices they make or that are foisted on them, to create a viable self in extreme historical situations over which they have no control?

Costica Bradatan

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Costică Brădăţan es un filósofo y ensayista rumano, reconocido por su enfoque humanista y existencial en torno al fracaso, la muerte y la condición humana. Profesor de Humanidades en la Universidad Tecnológica de Texas y editor colaborador de The New York Times, su pensamiento combina rigor académico con una narrativa accesible, que invita a reflexionar sobre los límites de la razón y el valor de la vulnerabilidad. Ha sido también profesor visitante en universidades de prestigio como Princeton y Harvard, consolidándose como una voz influyente en la filosofía contemporánea.

Entre sus obras más destacadas se encuentra Elogio del fracaso (título original: In Praise of Failure), donde examina la dimensión ética del error y la caída como caminos hacia la autenticidad. Brădăţan se caracteriza por unir el ensayo filosófico con una mirada literaria y profundamente humana, explorando cómo la imperfección puede convertirse en una forma de sabiduría y libertad.

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