Feeling Cinema: Emotional Dynamics in Film Studies

by Tarja Laine

Book Overview

There is an upsurge of interest in contemporary film theory towards cinematic emotions. Tarja Laine's innovative study proposes a methodology for interpreting affective encounters with films, not as objectively readable texts, but as emotionally salient events. Laine argues convincingly that film is not an immutable system of representation that is meant for (one-way) communication, but an active, dynamic participant in the becoming of the cinematic...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1623561507
• ISBN13: 9781623561505
• Release Date: April 2013
• Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic
• Length: 192 Pages
• Weight: 0.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.0" x 9.0"