Without Empathy: Irony and the Satirical Impulse in Eight Major Filmmakers

By Mk Raghavendra

Irony and satire in cinema have fallen out of favor. This study looks at the works of eight auteurs-Luis Bu uel, R.W. Fassbinder, Stanley Kubrick, Robert Altman, Paul Verhoeven, Aki Kaurism ki, Aleksei Balabanov, and David Lynch-whose films, though not always seen as such, are often more ironic than satirical.


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• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1835951406
• ISBN13: 9781835951408
• Release Date: September 2025
• Publisher: Intellect (UK)
• Length: 225 Pages
• Weight: 1.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.6" x 41.0"