Julian Hanich: 2 books
Cinematic Emotion in Horror Films and Thrillers
The Aesthetic Paradox of Pleasurable Fear
Language: English
Release Date: February 9, 2011
Hanich looks at fear at the movies – its aesthetics, its experience and its pleasures--in this thought-provoking study. Looking at over 150 different films including Seven, Rosemary's Baby, and Silence of the Lambs, Hanich attempts to answer the paradox of why we enjoy films that thrill us, that...
by Erika Balsom, Kenneth Berger, Susie Bright
Language: English
Release Date: January 14, 2019
Language: English
Release Date: January 14, 2019
We all have images that we find unwatchable, whether for ethical, political, or sensory and affective reasons. From news coverage of terror attacks to viral videos of police brutality, and from graphic horror films to transgressive artworks, many of the images in our media culture might strike us...