The visceral screen : between the cinemas of John Cassavetes and David Cronenberg

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    • Furze, Robert

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The visceral screen : between the cinemas of John Cassavetes and David Cronenberg

Robert Furze

Intellect, 2015

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Bibliography: p. [215]-233

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内容説明

Narrative and spectacle describe two extremes of film content, but the oeuvres of John Cassavetes and David Cronenberg resist such categorization. Instead, Robert Furze argues, the defining characteristic of Cassavetes and Cronenberg's respective approaches is that of 'visceral' cinema - a term that illustrates the anxiety these filmmakers provoke in their audiences. Cassavetes demonstrates this through disregard for plot structure and character coherence, while Cronenberg's focus is on graphic depictions of mutilation, extreme forms of bodily transformation and violence. The Visceral Screen sets out to articulate alternative ways of appreciating film aesthetics outside the narrative/spectacle continuum. Cassavetes and Cronenberg are established auteurs, but the elements of their films that appear to be barriers to their artistic status - for example, slipshod method and lingering violence or pre-digital special effects - are reassessed in The Visceral Screen as other indicators of creativity. In this way, Furze encourages debates of what makes a film good or bad - beyond how much it is seen to adhere to particular, established models of filmmaking.

目次

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 Emptiness Cassavetes, 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 Division Conclusion

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