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SJSU Faculty Member
Karl Toepfer
Description
This essay discusses the contrasting attitudes toward ecstatic experience as described in Martin Buber's book Ekstatische Konfessionen (1909). Ingmar Bergman's film Persona (1966), and Jean-Luc Godard's film Weekend (1967). The attitude toward ecstasy depends heavily on the use of language and confidence in language to represent ecstatic experience. Buber, Bergman. and Godard share little, if any, perception on the relation between language, speech, and ecstasy.
Publication Date
2022
Document Type
Article
Publisher
Vosuri Media
City
San Francisco
Keywords
Ecstatic Experience, Martin Buber, Expressionism, Postwar Cinema, French Cinema, Swedish Cinema, Ingmar Bergman, Jean-Luc Godard, Sexuality in Cinema
Disciplines
Film Production | Fine Arts | Other Feminist, Gender, and Sexuality Studies | Other Film and Media Studies | Other French and Francophone Language and Literature | Other German Language and Literature | Other Languages, Societies, and Cultures | Scandinavian Studies | Screenwriting | Visual Studies
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This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 4.0 License.
Recommended Citation
Toepfer, Karl E., "Ecstasy, Confession, Image, and Silence in Buber, Bergman, and Godard" (2022). Open Educational Resources. 26.
https://scholarworks.sjsu.edu/oer/26
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