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Melancholy Emotion in Contemporary Cinema

Author : Francesco Sticchi
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 0429847459
Total Pages : 198 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (298 download)

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Download or read book Melancholy Emotion in Contemporary Cinema written by Francesco Sticchi and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2019-01-15 with total page 198 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This work outlines a new methodology for film analysis based on the radical materialist thought of Baruch Spinoza, re-evaluating contemporary cognitive media theory and philosophical theories on the emotional and intellectual aspects of film experience. Sticchi’s exploration of Spinozian philosophy creates an experiential constructive model to blend the affective and intellectual aspects of cognition, and to combine it with different philosophical interpretations of film theory. Spinoza’s embodied philosophy rejected logical and ethical dualisms, and established a perfect parallelism between sensation and reason and provides the opportunity to address negative emotions and sad passions without referring exclusively to traditional notions such as catharsis or sublimation, and to put forth a practical/embodied notion of Film-Philosophy. This new analytical approach is tested on four case studies, films that challenge the viewer’s emotional engagement since they display situations of cosmic failure and depict controversial and damaged characters: A Serious Man (2009); Melancholia (2011); The Act of Killing (2012) and Only Lovers Left Alive (2013). This book is an important addition to the literature in Film Studies, particularly in Cognitive Film Theory and Philosophy of Film. Its affective and semantic analyses of film experience (studies of embodied conceptualisation), connecting Spinoza’s thought to the analysis of audiovisual media, will also be of interest to Philosophy scholars and in academic courses of film theory, film-philosophy and cognitive film studies.

Affect Poetics of the New Hollywood

Author : Hauke Lehmann
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
ISBN 13 : 3110580764
Total Pages : 284 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (15 download)

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Download or read book Affect Poetics of the New Hollywood written by Hauke Lehmann and published by Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG. This book was released on 2019-12-02 with total page 284 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: How is affective experience produced in the cinema? And how can we write a history of this experience? By asking these questions, this study by Hauke Lehmann aims at rethinking our conception of a critical period in US film history – the New Hollywood: as a moment of crisis that can neither be reduced to economic processes of adaption nor to a collection of masterpieces. Rather, the fine-grained analysis of core films reveals the power of cinematic images to affect their audiences – to confront them with the new. The films of the New Hollywood redefine the divisions of the classical genre system in a radical way and thereby transform the way spectators are addressed affectively in the cinema. The study describes a complex interplay between three modes of affectivity: suspense, paranoia, and melancholy. All three, each in their own way, implicate spectators in the deep-seated contradictions of their own feelings and their ways of being in the world: their relations to history, to society, and to cultural fantasy. On this basis, Affect Poetics of the New Hollywood projects an original conception of film history: as an affective history which can be re-written up to the present day.

Emotion Pictures

Author : Lucy Fischer
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
ISBN 13 : 1000770664
Total Pages : 208 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (7 download)

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Download or read book Emotion Pictures written by Lucy Fischer and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2022-11-07 with total page 208 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book investigates a group of exceptional films that single-mindedly consider one particular emotion – be it pity, lust, grief, or anxiety – to examine cinematic emotion in depth. Drawing on philosophical and psychological approaches, Fischer’s unique analysis offers unparalleled case studies for comprehending emotion in the movies. The book provides the reader with an opportunity to contemplate what notion of a particular emotion is advanced onscreen; to describe how the unique tools and aesthetics of cinema are utilized to do so; to place such representations in dialogue with film theory as well as philosophical and psychological commentary; and to illustrate the important dichotomy between filmic portrayals and audience response. Beyond film and media scholars and students, this book will have resonance for academics and practitioners in several fields of psychology, including social work, psychiatry, and therapy.

Mapping Precarity in Contemporary Cinema and Television

Author : Francesco Sticchi
Publisher : Springer Nature
ISBN 13 : 303063261X
Total Pages : 263 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (36 download)

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Download or read book Mapping Precarity in Contemporary Cinema and Television written by Francesco Sticchi and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on 2021-02-11 with total page 263 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book examines a corpus of films and TV series released since the global financial crisis, addressing them as emblematic expressions of our age of precarity. The analysis of the motifs and characters of these case studies is built around notions originating from Mikhail Bakhtin’s literary theory and, in particular, the concept of chronotope, affirming the material and dynamic connection between form and content in artistic experience. This book observes how precarious lives are enacted in forms of spatio-temporal compositions which carry conceptual and ethical challenges for their viewers. This book falls within the film-philosophy framework and, although primarily directed to an academic audience, it provides an interdisciplinary account of the notion of cinematic precarity. It puts the embodied analysis of viewers’ ethical participation in close dialogical relationship with a philosophical and sociological examination of current dynamics of inequality and exclusion.

Enacting the Worlds of Cinema

Author : Steffen Hven
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 0197555101
Total Pages : 217 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (975 download)

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Download or read book Enacting the Worlds of Cinema written by Steffen Hven and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2022-05-06 with total page 217 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Enacting the Worlds of Cinema offers a substantial reconfiguration of the textual roots of modern film narratology. By giving sustained attention to cinema's material-affective modes of communicating its stories and embedding its audience in atmospheric, kinetic, and multisensorial worlds, this book maintains that film narratives are less representations than they are enactments; brought forth through the interactions of the felt body and the film material. The book defends this enactive and media-anthropological thesis by reworking a series of established film narratological key concepts including the diegesis, mood/atmosphere, and the distinction between diegetic and non-diegetic sound. In the process, this book draws on a wide range of contemporary theoretical resources such as affective neuroscience, media-philosophy, philosophy of mind, atmosphere research, multisensory perception theory as well as a broad selection of films including Berlin: Symphony of a Great City (Ruttmann, 1927), The Cranes are Flying (Kalatozov, 1957) and Happy as Lazzaro (Rohrwacher, 2018).

Film Structure and the Emotion System

Author : Greg M. Smith
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780521817585
Total Pages : 132 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (175 download)

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Download or read book Film Structure and the Emotion System written by Greg M. Smith and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2003-10-13 with total page 132 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Films evoke broad moods and cue particular emotions that can be broadly shared as well as individually experienced. Although the experience of emotion is central to the viewing of movies, film studies have neglected to focus attention on the emotions, relying instead on vague psychoanalytic concepts of desire. Movies, Emotion, and Mood synthesizes recent research on emotion in cognitive psychology and neurology in an effort to provide a more nuanced understanding of how film evokes emotion.

The Melancholy Lens

Author : Tony Pipolo
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 0197551165
Total Pages : 217 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (975 download)

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Download or read book The Melancholy Lens written by Tony Pipolo and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2021 with total page 217 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The prevalence of loss and mourning, and of charged relationships with parents or parental figures has had a surprising influence on several American avant-garde filmmakers' work. To date, however, little attention has been given to these themes. In The Melancholy Lens, author Tony Pipolooffers a detailed look at the significant role of underlying biographical and psychological factors in specific works by leading avant-garde filmmakers. Covering a range of filmmakers including Maya Deren, Stan Brakhage, Gregory Markopoulos, Robert Beavers, Ken Jacobs, and Ernie Gehr, The MelancholyLens takes a sensitive approach to understand the motivations of each filmmaker as related to a given work. Pipolo argues, for example, that the work of Deren and Brakhage lends itself to a more aggressive appreciation of psychoanalytic principles.The Deren films studied-Meshes of the Afternoon, At Land, and Ritual in Transfigured Time-are read as varying responses to the death of her father, with whom she had a strained relationship. Tortured Dust-the final film Brakhage made about his first family-was, by his own account, a work ofcontention and desperation. The elusiveness of Gregory Markopoulos' The Mysteries cannot conceal its naked obsession with death any more than it can diminish the film's poignancy. Robert Beavers' Sotiros is an especially rich and vivid exposure of a vulnerable chapter in the filmmakers's life. Inthe final two chapters on Ken Jacobs and Ernie Gehr, Pipolo looks outward for artistic motivation to show how both filmmakers' fascination with the history of film and video manifests as a melancholic view of greater history in their work. In the afterword, the author considers later figures whosework is kindred to the theme of this book, among them Nathaniel Dorsky, Phil Solomon, David Gatten, and Lewis Klahr.

ReFocus: The Films of Xavier Dolan

Author : Lafontaine Andree Lafontaine
Publisher : Edinburgh University Press
ISBN 13 : 1474444601
Total Pages : 313 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (744 download)

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Download or read book ReFocus: The Films of Xavier Dolan written by Lafontaine Andree Lafontaine and published by Edinburgh University Press. This book was released on 2019-07-29 with total page 313 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Ever since his first feature film I Killed My Mother premiered at Cannes, every film from the 29-year-old director Xavier Dolan has generated significant critical interest. A recipient of numerous awards, Dolan has recently taken his career to an international level with The Death and Life of John F. Donovan. As the first book-length study about Dolan, with case studies of key films like Mommy (2014), Tom at the Farm (2013) and It's Only the End of the World (2016), this volume explores the global reach of small national and subnational cinemas. In particular, it uses Dolan's cinema as a departure point to reconsider the position of Qubec film and cultural imaginary within a global cinematic culture, as well as the intersections between national, millennial and queer filmmaking.

Contemporary Political Cinema

Author : Matthew Holtmeier
Publisher : Edinburgh University Press
ISBN 13 : 1474423426
Total Pages : 200 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (744 download)

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Download or read book Contemporary Political Cinema written by Matthew Holtmeier and published by Edinburgh University Press. This book was released on 2019-01-03 with total page 200 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The political films that have emerged on the global film festival circuit since the 1990s mark a shift in cinematic strategies for critically addressing dominant, militant, or otherwise repressive ideologies. From a focus on the representation of oppression in films like The Battle of Algiers, films such as Timbuktu, Nobody Knows About Persian Cats and Chop Shop now contribute to the active formation of political characters and viewers, a form not fully realized until the 21st century due to shifts in information technologies and resulting political organization. This book demonstrates that a contemporary form of political cinema has emerged, centered on the production of subjectivity and networks of protest, which depicts the active formation of political identities that resonates with off-screen protest movements.

Before Sunrise, Before Sunset, Before Midnight

Author : Hans Maes
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 0429537069
Total Pages : 179 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (295 download)

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Download or read book Before Sunrise, Before Sunset, Before Midnight written by Hans Maes and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2021-05-12 with total page 179 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Richard Linklater’s celebrated Before trilogy chronicles the love of Jesse (Ethan Hawke) and Céline (Julie Delpy) who first meet up in Before Sunrise, later reconnect in Before Sunset and finally experience a fall-out in Before Midnight. Not only do these films present storylines and dilemmas that invite philosophical discussion, but philosophical discussion itself is at the very heart of the trilogy. This book, containing specially commissioned chapters by a roster of international contributors, explores the many philosophical themes that feature so vividly in the interactions between Céline and Jesse, including: the nature of love, romanticism and marriage the passage and experience of time the meaning of life the art of conversation the narrative self gender death Including an interview with Julie Delpy in which she discusses her involvement in the films and the importance of studying philosophy, Before Sunrise. Before Sunset. Before Midnight: A Philosophical Exploration is essential reading for anyone interested in philosophy, aesthetics, gender studies, and film studies.

Grief in Contemporary Horror Cinema

Author : Erica Joan Dymond
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN 13 : 1793633940
Total Pages : 231 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (936 download)

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Download or read book Grief in Contemporary Horror Cinema written by Erica Joan Dymond and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2022-10-03 with total page 231 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Over the course of the past two decades, horror cinema around the globe has become increasingly preoccupied with the concept of loss. Grief in Contemporary Horror Cinema: Screening Loss examines the theme of grief as it is represented in both indie and mainstream films, including works such as Jennifer Kent's watershed film The Babadook, Juan Antonio Bayona's award-sweeping El orfanato, Ari Aster's genre-straddling Midsommar, and Lars von Trier's visually stunning Melancholia. Analyzing depictions of grief ranging from the intimate grief of a small family to the collective grief of an entire nation, the essays illustrate how these works serve to provide unity, catharsis, and—sometimes—healing.

Catalan Cinema

Author : Anton Pujol
Publisher : University of Toronto Press
ISBN 13 : 1487544529
Total Pages : 292 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (875 download)

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Download or read book Catalan Cinema written by Anton Pujol and published by University of Toronto Press. This book was released on 2024-03-26 with total page 292 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Catalan Cinema offers a theoretical reading of the most relevant cinematic productions to emerge from Catalonia in the last twenty years. The essays in this collection examine cinema in relation to the Escola de Barcelona (The Barcelona School), a group of cinema directors that drew inspiration from British pop-art, Free Cinema, and the Nouvelle Vague to create works that defied and challenged the Franco dictatorship. Highlighting the aesthetic, social, and political elements of Catalan cinematography, contributors to this volume explore what young directors have in common with works created by more notable directors such as Joaquim Jordà, Jacinto Esteva, Jordi Grau, and Pere Portabella. Catalan Cinema focuses on the importance of modern production and its connection with the avant-garde and underground cinema from the Barcelona School. Establishing a cinematic genealogy, the volume ultimately questions if Catalan cinema’s own push for self-expression may be interpreted as a connection to Catalonia’s current drive for independence.

Emotions in Contemporary TV Series

Author : Alberto N. Garcφa
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 1137568852
Total Pages : 253 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (375 download)

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Download or read book Emotions in Contemporary TV Series written by Alberto N. Garcφa and published by Springer. This book was released on 2016-04-08 with total page 253 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This edited collection offers a wide range of essays showcasing current research on emotions in TV series. The chapters develop from a variety of research traditions in film, television and media studies and explores American, British, Nordic and Spanish TV series.

Stillness of Solitude

Author : Michelle Devereaux
Publisher : Edinburgh University Press
ISBN 13 : 147444606X
Total Pages : 224 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (744 download)

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Download or read book Stillness of Solitude written by Michelle Devereaux and published by Edinburgh University Press. This book was released on 2019-07-03 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Michelle Devereaux explores the underlying philosophical and aesthetic Romantic connections between a selection of seven films from four popular filmmakers: Wes Anderson, Sofia Coppola, Spike Jonze and Charlie Kaufman.

Film Directors and Emotion

Author : Darragh Greene
Publisher : McFarland
ISBN 13 : 1476640084
Total Pages : 202 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (766 download)

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Download or read book Film Directors and Emotion written by Darragh Greene and published by McFarland. This book was released on 2020-04-21 with total page 202 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Cinema is an affective medium. Films move us to feel wonder, joy, and love as well as fear, anger, and hatred. Today, we are living through a new age of sensibility when emotion is given priority over reason. Yet, there is a counter-cultural current in contemporary American cinema that offers a more nuanced treatment of emotion. Both aesthetically and eidetically, this new cinema of affect allows viewers to make up their own minds about what they feel and think. This book focuses on key films by important auteur-directors--David Fincher, Bryan Singer, Christopher Nolan, Kathryn Bigelow, Richard Linklater, Barry Jenkins, Greta Gerwig, and Pete Docter--who are to the forefront of this new cinema. It explores how they anatomize affect and how it functions in the creation or degradation of character and society.

A Field Guide to Melancholy

Author : Jacky Bowring
Publisher : Oldcastle Books
ISBN 13 : 9781843446231
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (462 download)

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Download or read book A Field Guide to Melancholy written by Jacky Bowring and published by Oldcastle Books. This book was released on 2016-03 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Melancholy is a critical part of what it is to be human, yet everything from Prozac to self-help books seems intent on removing it from existence. A Field Guide to Melancholy surveys this ambivalent concept. Melancholy is found in historic traditions, and in contemporary society it becomes a fashion statement in the subculture of the Emo. Still, shelves are full of books claiming to help us overcome it. By drawing on a range of disciplines from psychology to design, this book provides a deeper look at one of the most elusive and enigmatic of human conditions.

Cinema 16

Author : Scott Macdonald
Publisher : Temple University Press
ISBN 13 : 1439905304
Total Pages : 485 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (399 download)

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Download or read book Cinema 16 written by Scott Macdonald and published by Temple University Press. This book was released on 2010-06-10 with total page 485 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The history of Cinema 16--the nation's first film society--through letters, programs, interviews, and the society's own documents.