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The New Extremism in Cinema: From France to Europe

The New Extremism in Cinema: From France to Europe

Kendall, Tina
Horeck, Tanya

Paperback

Film Studies

ISBN10: 0748679103
ISBN13: 9780748679102
Publisher: Edinburgh University Press
Published: Jan 11 2013
Pages: 248
Weight: 0.95
Height: 0.70 Width: 6.10 Depth: 9.20
Language: English
Explosive images of sex and violence in films by directors such as Catherine Breillat, Gaspar Noé, Michael Haneke and Lars von Trier have attracted media attention for the ways in which they seek to shock and provoke the spectator into powerful affective and visceral responses.This first collection of essays devoted to the new extremism in contemporary European cinema critically interrogates this highly contentious body of work and demonstrates that these films and the controversies they engender are indispensable to the critical task of rethinking the terms of spectatorship. Through critical discussions of key films and directors, this book sheds new light on cutting-edge debates in Film Studies regarding sexuality, violence and spectatorship, affect and ethics, and the political dimensions of extreme cinema.Including important new work from internationally renowned scholars Martin Barker and Martine Beugnet, as well as combining a range of approaches to extreme cinema across audience research and theories of spectator ship, this exploration of the darkest side of cinema will be an invaluable resource for film scholars and students.

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