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The Visceral Screen : Between the Cinemas of John Cassavetes and David Cronenberg.

Robert Furze argues the defining characteristic of John Cassavetes and David Cronenberg's respective approaches is that of ""visceral"" cinema, a term that illustrates the anxiety these film-makers provoke in their audiences. Cassavetes demonstrates this through disregard fo...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Furze, Robert
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Bristol : Intellect, 2015.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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  • Cover; Half Title; Title; Copyright; Contents; Acknowledgements; Biographical Note; Prologue; Cassavetes, Cronenberg, Barthes: A literature review; Gestation; Visceral; Hidden; The viewer; The chapters to follow: An overview; Chapter 1: The Visceral: From Adjective to Noun; Excess; Legibility; Semiology; Denotation; The visceral; Chapter 2: The Auteur and the Visceral Sense; The place of the author; The out-of-control auteur; The imperfect auteur; The auteur and the visceral sense: John Cassavetes and David Cronenberg; John Cassavetes; David Cronenberg; A few words on cult cinema.
  • Chapter 3: John Cassavetes and David Cronenberg: Lists and EmptinessCassavetes, Cronenberg and the DVD special feature; Lists; Emptiness; Semiotics or semiology?; Arbitrariness; Paradigm/syntagm; Chapter 4: Effects; Spectacle; Attractions; Digital; Horrors; Camera Lucida; Theatre; Objects; Videodrome; Faces; Limits; Love Streams; From film to video games; The Path; Digital/analogue; Reaching out, pulling away; Conclusion: The visceral 'wounds'; Chapter 5: Cities; Princes and shards: Ideology's response to the visceral; Eastern Promises; Views from bridges; No centre; Terror; Husbands; Freedom.
  • DivisionConclusion; Appendices; Appendix A: The visceral
  • A relational model; Appendix B: Cassavantes and Cronenberg
  • An annotated filmography; Appendix C: Glossary; References; Bibliography; Filmography; Back Cover.