Feeling Cinema Emotional Dynamics in Film Studies

There is an upsurge of interest in contemporary film theory towards cinematic emotions. Tarja Laine's innovative study proposes a methodology for interpreting affective encounters with films, not as objectively readable texts, but as emotionally salient events. Laine argues convincingly that film is not an immutable system of representation that is meant for (one-way) communication, but an active, dynamic participant in the becoming of the cinematic experience.

Through a range of chapters that include Horror, Hope, Shame and Love - and through close readings of films such as The Shining, American Beauty and Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, Laine demonstrates that cinematic emotions are more than mere indicators of the properties of their objects. They are processes that are intentional in a phenomenological sense, supporting the continuous, shifting, and reciprocal exchange between the film's world and the spectator's world. Grounded in continental philosophy, this provocative book explores the affective dynamics of cinema as an interchange between the film and the spectator in a manner that transcends traditional generic patterns.

Acknowledgments
Introduction Chapter 1: Horror
Overwhelming fear: The Shining
Imprisoned in madness: Repulsion
Chapter 2: Hope
Morbid curiosity: The Vanishing
Clairvoyant spectatorship: Don't Look Now
Chapter 3: Trauma
Death as entelechy: The Sea Inside
Psychosis as refuge: Elementary Particles
Psychosis as entrapment: Reprise
Compassionate participation
Chapter 4: Anguish
Becoming rhythm
Synaesthetic tactics: Dancer in the Dark
Resonating sonic space: The Silence
Chapter 5: Shame
Suburban rebellion: American Beauty
Unruly sociology: Borat
Chapter 6: Anger
Looking down with contempt: Elephant
Hate as positive liberty: Hunger
Friendship as resentment in solidarity: 4 Months, 3 Weeks & 2 Days
Chapter 7: Love
Cinema as seduction: Dangerous Liaisons
Ironic abjection: Romance
Authentic love: Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
Bibliography
Index

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