Making nothing happen: the transition from reactive nihilism to affirmation in Jim Jarmusch’s Broken Flowers (2005)

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dc.contributor.authorBackman Rogers, Annaen
dc.date.accessioned2012-08-02T15:07:52Z
dc.date.available2012-08-02T15:07:52Z
dc.date.issued2011
dc.description.abstractThis article draws from Gilles Deleuze’s interpretation of the Nietzschean concept of “the eternal return” in order to read Jim Jarmusch’s film Broken Flowers as being not merely a study in duration, apathy and reactive nihilism, but also a film which, through its formal repetitive structure, also offers pathways to transformation and affirmation. As such, I argue that the central protagonist, Don Johnston undergoes a subtle yet crucial change in the course of the film from a state of ressentiment to affirmation and becoming. I also characterise the film as an absurdist quest or road movie.en
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dc.identifier.citationBackman Rogers, A. (2011) 'Making nothing happen: the transition from reactive nihilism to affirmation in Jim Jarmusch’s Broken Flowers (2005)', Alphaville: Journal of Film and Screen Media, 2 (Winter 2011). 10.33178/alpha.2.06en
dc.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.33178/alpha.2.06
dc.identifier.endpage75en
dc.identifier.issn2009-4078en
dc.identifier.issued2en
dc.identifier.journalabbrevAlphaville
dc.identifier.journaltitleAlphaville: Journal of Film and Screen Mediaen
dc.identifier.startpage60en
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10468/680
dc.publisherFilm and Screen Media, University College Corken
dc.relation.urihttp://www.alphavillejournal.com/Issue%202/HTML/ArticleBackmanRogers.htmlen
dc.rights© 2011, the Author(s)en
dc.subjectBroken Flowersen
dc.subjectRoad movieen
dc.subjectThe eternal returnen
dc.subjectThe affirmative lifeen
dc.subjectGilles Deleuzeen
dc.subjectBill Murrayen
dc.subjectExistential dilemmasen
dc.subjectEthical dilemmasen
dc.subject.lcshNihilism (Philosophy)en
dc.subject.lcshRoad films--History and criticismen
dc.titleMaking nothing happen: the transition from reactive nihilism to affirmation in Jim Jarmusch’s Broken Flowers (2005)en
dc.typeArticle (peer-reviewed)en
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