Visualizing Levinas: Existence and Existents Through Mulholland Drive, Memento, and Vanilla Sky

摘要: Ellen Berry, Advisor This dissertation engages in an intentional analysis of philosopher Emmanuel Levinas’s book Existence and Existents through the reading three films: Memento (2001), Vanilla Sky Mulholland Drive, (2001). The “modes” other events being that Levinas associates with process consciousness Existents, such as fatigue, light, hypostasis, position, sleep, time, are examined here. Additionally, most contested spaces films, described a “Waking Dream,” is set into play work/ magnification certain points entry philosophy opened up new pathways for thinking about method itself. Philosophically, this considers question how we become subjects, existents who have taken Existence, might be revealed film/ importance both on its own merit to body work whole, especially his ethical project underscored. A second explored conclusion dissertation, particular film functions relation philosophy, specifically Levinas. What kind critical stance toward would one? Does very materiality film, fracturing narrative, space, provide embodied formulation some basic tenets thinking? it create format? And finally, analyzing results yielded far more complicated unsettling questions than they answered. These interesting speculations had seemingly