Troubled Everyday : : The Aesthetics of Violence and the Everyday in European Art Cinema / / Alison Taylor.

Investigates the framing of the ordinary and the everyday in extreme European art filmExtreme violence in contemporary European art cinema is generally interpreted for its affective potential, but what about the significance of the everyday that so often frames and forms the majority of these films?...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Edinburgh University Press Complete eBook-Package 2017
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Place / Publishing House:Edinburgh : : Edinburgh University Press, , [2022]
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Year of Publication:2022
Language:English
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Physical Description:1 online resource (144 p.) :; 25 B/W illustrations
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Other title:Frontmatter --
Contents --
Acknowledgements --
List of Figures --
1 'A lightning that illuminates the banal': Violence and the Everyday --
2 Everyday Moments --
3 Everyday Style --
4 Everyday Structures/Everyday Language --
5 Return to the Everyday --
Conclusion: Looking Back --
Works Cited --
Filmography --
Index
Summary:Investigates the framing of the ordinary and the everyday in extreme European art filmExtreme violence in contemporary European art cinema is generally interpreted for its affective potential, but what about the significance of the everyday that so often frames and forms the majority of these films? Why do the sudden moments of violence that punctuate films like Catherine Breillat's Fat Girl (2001), Gaspar Noé's Irreversible (2002) and Markus Schleinzer's Michael (2011) seem so reliant on everyday routines and settings for their impact? Addressing these questions through a series of case-studies, and considering notorious films in their historical and philosophical context, Troubled Everyday offers the first detailed examination of the relationship between violence and the everyday in European art cinema. It calls for a re-evaluation of what gives these films such affective force, and such a prolonged grip on our imagination.Case StudiesSalò or the 120 Days of Sodom (Pasolini 1975)Money (Bresson 1983)Come and See (Klimov 1985)The Seventh Continent (Haneke 1989)I Stand Alone (Noé 1998)Fat Girl (Breillat 2001)Irreversible (Noé 2002)Twentynine Palms (Dumont 2003)Michael (Schleinzer 2011)
Format:Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
ISBN:9781474415231
9783110781403
DOI:10.1515/9781474415231?locatt=mode:legacy
Access:restricted access
Hierarchical level:Monograph
Statement of Responsibility: Alison Taylor.