The scene of violence : cinema, crime, affect / / Alison Young

• Autore: Young Alison
• Pubblicazione: New York, NY, : Routledge, 2010
• Edizione: 1st ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (196 p.)
• Disciplina: 791.436554; 791.436556
• Soggetto topico: Violence in motion pictures; Crime films - History and criticism; Motion pictures - Psychological aspects; Motion picture audiences - Psychology
• Note generali: "A GlassHouse book."
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Book Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; List of illustrations; Acknowledgements; Chapter 1 The crime-image; Chapter 2 Judging the affect of cinematic violence; Chapter 3 'Don't you fucking look at me!': Rape and cinematic revenge; Chapter 4 The serial killer's accomplice; Chapter 5 The cinema of disaster: Screening 9/11; Chapter 6 No end to violence?; References; Index
• Sommario/riassunto: In the contemporary fascination with images of crime, violence gets under our skin and keeps us enthralled. The Scene of Violence explores the spectator's encounter with the cinematic scene of violence - rape and revenge, homicide and serial killing, torture and terrorism. Providing a detailed reading of both classical and contemporary films - for example, Kill Bill, Blue Velvet, Reservoir Dogs, The Matrix, Psycho, The Accused, Elephant, Seven, Thelma & Louise, United 93, Zodiac, and No Country for Old Men - Alison Young returns the affective processes of the cine
• Titolo autorizzato: The scene of violence
• ISBN: 1-134-00871-6; 1-134-00872-4; 1-282-44395-X; 9786612443954; 0-203-88079-X
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910814345403321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II