Cinema – Eric Rohmer

Author: [French] Michel Cersosimo
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Publish Date: 2006-11-01
Features: When he connects the behavior of his contemporaries to archetypes and cultural myths, when he analyzes our hidden motivations—media and narcissism—through the gap between discourse and action, through what may manifest as play, avoidance, or gambling, Houellebecq interprets their behavior as an revealing factor of an "ontological disease," a more metaphysical topic than one might think. What is questioned is not love, but what drives the discourse and behavior behind these loves.