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The Sublime: I reconsider the nature of the sublime and analyze it in relation to Bresson’s Diary of a Country Priest.
Bresson: Diary of a Country Priest
Dr. Delbende, the Countess, and the Priest of Torcy: There is a sublimity in the conversations between the priest and Delbende and the Priest of Torcy.
Seraphita: A sublime conversation with Seraphita.
Chantal: A sublime conversation with Chantal.
Ozu: Tokyo Story: Sublime conversations in Tokyo Story.
Godard: Breathless
Bergman: Persona
Some final thoughts on transcendental conversations
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Gilmore, R. (2017). At the Limit of Sublimity: Transcendental Conversations in Bresson, Ozu, Godard, and Bergman. In: Searching for Wisdom In Movies. Palgrave Macmillan, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-39895-2_8
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