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Desperately Funny: Comedy, Performance and the Musical Moment in Toni Erdmann (2016) (2023)
Book Chapter
Harries, R. (2023). Desperately Funny: Comedy, Performance and the Musical Moment in Toni Erdmann (2016). In A. K. Windisch, C. Tieber, & P. Powrie (Eds.), When Music Takes Over in Film (225-246). Palgrave Macmillan. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-89155-8_12

In a standout scene in Toni Erdmann (Maren Ade, 2016), straight-laced management consultant Ines (Sandra Hüller) is quietly coerced by her father Winfried (Peter Simonischek)—here in character as his eccentric alter ego Toni—into singing to a room fu... Read More about Desperately Funny: Comedy, Performance and the Musical Moment in Toni Erdmann (2016).

Continuity and rupture: Levinas's temporal ethics and Gideon Koppel'ssleep furiously (2015)
Journal Article
Harries, R. (2015). Continuity and rupture: Levinas's temporal ethics and Gideon Koppel'ssleep furiously. New Review of Film and Television Studies, 13(2), 189-210. https://doi.org/10.1080/17400309.2015.1004962

This paper considers the work of Emmanuel Levinas alongside Gideon Koppel's film sleep furiously to explore the significance of temporality for the ethical potential of documentary film. Though comparatively little attention has been devoted to Levin... Read More about Continuity and rupture: Levinas's temporal ethics and Gideon Koppel'ssleep furiously.