Film Directors and Emotion : An Affective Turn in Contemporary American Cinema

Film Directors and Emotion : An Affective Turn in Contemporary American Cinema

(Author) Darragh Greene
Format: Paperback
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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.

Information
Publisher:
McFarland
Format:
Paperback
Number of pages:
202
ISBN:
9781476668895
Publish year:
2020
Publish date:
April 30, 2020

Darragh Greene

Darragh Greene is a prolific Irish poet known for his collection "Echoes of the Heart." His intimate and emotive style captures the complexities of human experience with lyrical precision. Greene's work explores themes of love, loss, and longing, making him a standout voice in contemporary poetry.

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