The Rebirth of Suspense : Slowness and Atmosphere in Cinema.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Warner, Rick.

Series:

Film and Culture Series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Experimental films.

Slow cinema.

Thrillers (Motion pictures).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (310 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

New York : Columbia University Press, 2024.

Summary:

This ambitious and wide-ranging book offers a redefinition of suspense by considering its unlikely incarnations in the contemporary films that have been called "slow cinema.".

Contents:

Intro

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments

Introduction

1. Suspense in Slow Time

2. Minimal Thrills

3. The Ambient Landscape

4. Ailing Bodies on the Threshold of Action

5. Gothic Uncertainty, Bordering on Horror

6. Streaming the Undead Energies of "Film"

Notes

Index.

Notes:

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

ISBN:

9780231559522

0231559526

OCLC:

1451802320