Babette's Feast

Julian Baggini

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On the face of it, Gabriel Axel's Babette's Feast (1989) is a film in which the eyes - and mouths - of religious zealots are opened to the glories of the sensual world. It is a critique of what Nietzsche called life-denying religion in favour of life-affirming sensuality. But to view the film in that way is to get it profoundly wrong. In his study of the film, Julian Baggini argues that Babette's Feast is not about the battle between religiosity and secularity but a deep examination of how the two can come together. Baggini's analysis focuses on themes of love, pleasure, artisty and grace, to provide a rich philosophical reading of this most sensual of films.

Book Details

Publisher: British Film Institute
Publish Date: May 28th, 2020
Pages: 96
Language: English
Edition: undefined - undefined
Dimensions: 7.40in - 5.40in - 0.30in - 0.40lb
EAN: 9781911239673
Categories: • Film - History & Criticism• European - Scandinavian

About the Author

Baggini, Julian: - Julian Baggini is co-editor (with Jeremy Stangroom) of The Philosophers' Magazine (www.philosophers.co.uk), Great Thinkers A-Z (2004) and New British Philosophy: The Interviews (2002). He is also the author of The Pig That Wants to be Eaten and What's It All About? Philosophy and the Meaning of Life (both Granta, 2005).

Praise for this book

"The reader will be rewarded with ample food for thought." --Film at 11

"Digs in to every food-lover's favourite film. This slender treat nourishes with every page - with never a hint of a recipe." --Financial Times

"It will certainly offer food for thought." --Total Film