Desire, (in)transitive verb: The conjugation of desire in the features Phantom and Stranger by the Lake
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Desire, Phantom, Stranger by the Lake, João Pedro Rodrigues, Alain Guiraudie, queer cinemaAbstract
This paper investigates how filmmakers João Pedro Rodrigues and Alain Guiraudie articulate the dimension of desire in their features Phantom and Stranger by the Lake, respectively. In order to do so, the analysis puts the philosophical concepts gathered by Ollivier Pourriol in the book Vertiges du Désir: Comprendre le Désir par le Cinéma in dialog with other authors that allow the application of his theories in queer cinema. By doing so, it shows how the two directors place the act of desire at the center of their narratives, and by frustrating such desire, engage in a reflection on the viewer’s platonic relationship with narrative cinema.
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