Bodies in pain : emotion and the cinema of Darren Aronofsky / Tarja Laine.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Laine, Tarja, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Aronofsky, Darren--Criticism and interpretation.

Emotions in motion pictures.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (194 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

New York, New York ; Oxford, England : berghahn, 2015.

Language Note:

English

System Details:

Mode of access: World Wide Web.

Summary:

The films of Darren Aronofsky invite emotional engagement by means of affective resonance between the film and the spectator's lived body. Aronofsky's films, which include a rich range of production from Requiem for a Dream to Black Swan, are often considered ""cerebral"" because they explore topics like mathematics, madness, hallucinations, obsessions, social anxiety, addiction, psychosis, schizophrenia, and neuroscience. Yet this interest in intelligence and mental processes is deeply embedded in the operations of the body, shared with the spectator by means of a distinctively corporeal aud

Contents:

""Contents ""; ""Figures ""; ""Acknowledgements ""; ""Introduction ""; ""Chapter One. Noise""; ""Chapter Two. Rhythm""; ""Chapter Three. Grief""; ""Chapter Four. Masochism""; ""Chapter Five. The Uncanny Sublime""; ""Conclusion ""; ""Appendix ""; ""Bibliography ""; ""Index ""

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-83695-969-9

1-78238-576-2

OCLC:

903317533