This book investigates a group of exceptional films that single-mindedly consider one particular emotion – be it pity, lust, grief, or anxiety – to examine cinematic emotion in depth.
Drawing on philosophical and psychological approaches, Fischer’s unique analysis offers unparalleled case studies for comprehending emotion in the movies. The book provides the reader with an opportunity to contemplate what notion of a particular emotion is advanced onscreen; to describe how the unique tools and aesthetics of cinema are utilized to do so; to place such representations in dialogue with film theory as well as philosophical and psychological commentary; and to illustrate the important dichotomy between filmic portrayals and audience response.
Beyond film and media scholars and students, this book will have resonance for academics and practitioners in several fields of psychology, including social work, psychiatry, and therapy.
Author(s): Lucy Fischer
Series: Routledge Advances in Film Studies
Publisher: Routledge
Year: 2022
Language: English
Pages: 197
City: London
Cover
Half Title
Series Page
Title Page
Copyright Page
Dedication
Contents
Introduction: Film “The Emotion Machine”
1. Animated Emotions: Emblems of Feeling in Inside Out and The Emoji Movie
2. Grief: The Unbearable Heaviness of Being in Pieces of a Woman
3. Trauma: Black Boyhood and Moonlight
4. Anxiety: High Anxiety in Adaptation
5. Guilt: Blame and Culpability in 21 Grams
6. Jealousy: The “Green-Eyed Monster” in Fado
7. Vengeance: Vengeance is Mine: Red Road
8. Pity: The Refusal of Pathos in Pity
9. Lust: Sex, Greed, and Murder in The Square
10. Happiness: Capturing Joy in Happy Go Lucky and Hector and the Search for Happiness
Afterthoughts/Afterimages
Index
