Steen Ledet Christiansen

The New Cinematic Weird

Atmospheres and Worldings

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

The New Cinematic Weird analyzes the role that creepy, unsettling, ominous, uneasy, and eerie atmospheres play in recent films of this genre. The author shows how the new cinematic weird elicits joy by creating weird atmospheres as affective intensities that are to be experienced rather than understood.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Lexington Books
• Seitenzahl: 186
• Erscheinungstermin: 15. März 2023
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 10mm
• Gewicht: 279g
• ISBN-13: 9781793612762
• ISBN-10: 1793612765
• Artikelnr.: 67191175

Autorenporträt

By Steen Ledet Christiansen

Inhaltsangabe

Table of Contents
Introduction: Feeling Weird
1. Creepiness, Ecstasy, and Weird Narration in The OA
2. Unsettling Time in Dark
3. Ominous Metamorphosis in Starry Eyes
4. Discontinuity and Unease in Stranger Things
5. Eerieness and Disorientation: Channel Zero: Candle Cove and David
Bowie's "Blackstar" and "Lazarus"
6. Unworlding and Disquiet in Annihilation
Conclusion: For the Weird