The Possibility of Impossibility: Reading The Watermelon Woman with Derrida and Adorno

Hermeneutic criticism of The Watermelon Woman has been unable to reconcile the film’s closing affirmation of identity and possibility with the narrative that precedes it and especially with the acknowledgement that Fae Richards is not real. An approach derived from the commonality Derrida saw betw...

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Main Author: Christopher Morris
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: University of Pittsburgh 2024-12-01
Series:CINEJ Cinema Journal
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Online Access:http://cinej.pitt.edu/ojs/cinej/article/view/599
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