Explores extremity in films and its ethical, theoretical and
film-philosophical implications Provides a framework for
understanding controversial and extreme films A theory of
transgressive film that responds to theories of transgression,
accounts for multiple contradictory viewer perspectives Offers an
approach that incorporates micro- and macro-scale analysis of films
Provides a reflection on the ethical and political stakes of
scholarly engagement with images of sex, violence, and sexual
violence Transgressive Art Films offers a holistic approach to the
way we consider controversial and extreme cinema not just as
individual or grouped texts for analysis but as artefacts that
ought to be considered within a complex network of social factors.
This book provides a rigorous framework for understanding some of
the most controversial films of the past twenty-five years. The
term 'transgressive art film' designates the phenomenon of a small
number of controversial films recuperated each year by the cinema
art world as part of an expansion of the definition of film art.
Rather than seeing controversial films as aberrations, this book
suggests that transgressive art films should be understood as a
socio-cultural phenomenon and a central plank of cinema's need for
newness, innovation, and renewal. By paying attention to all scales
of cinema, from close analysis of individual frames, through the
discourse constructed around them, up to global distribution and
film-festival networks, Transgressive Art Films details how certain
kinds of cinematic transgression gain wide-ranging institutional
support rather than being ignored or forgotten.
General
| Imprint: |
Edinburgh University Press
|
| Country of origin: |
United Kingdom |
| Release date: |
October 2023 |
| Authors: |
Oliver Kenny
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| Dimensions: |
234 x 156mm (L x W) |
| Pages: |
264 |
| ISBN-13: |
978-1-4744-8393-3 |
| Categories: |
Books
|
| LSN: |
1-4744-8393-3 |
| Barcode: |
9781474483933 |
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