Unbecoming cinema : unsettling encounters with ethical event films /

Unbecoming Cinema explores the notion of cinema as a living, active agent, capable of unsettling and reconfiguring a person's thoughts, senses, and ethics. Film, according to David H. Fleming, is a dynamic force, arming audiences with the ability to see and make a difference in the world. Drawi...

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Main Author:	Fleming, David H. (Author)
Corporate Author:	JSTOR (Organization)
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Language Notes:	In English.
Published:	Bristol, UK ; Chicago, IL : Intellect, 2017.
Subjects:	Sensationalism in motion pictures. Motion pictures > Psychological aspects. Taboo in motion pictures. Experimental films > History and criticism. Motion pictures > Moral and ethical aspects. Experimental films. The arts. Film, TV and radio. Films, cinema. LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / General. PERFORMING ARTS / General. ART / Film & Video. Criticism, interpretation, etc. Electronic books.
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Summary:	Unbecoming Cinema explores the notion of cinema as a living, active agent, capable of unsettling and reconfiguring a person's thoughts, senses, and ethics. Film, according to David H. Fleming, is a dynamic force, arming audiences with the ability to see and make a difference in the world. Drawing heavily on Deleuze's philosophical insights, as well as those of Guattari and Badiou, the book critically examines unsettling and taboo footage from suicide documentaries to art therapy films, from portrayals of mental health and autism to torture porn. In investigating the effect of film on the mind and body, Fleming's shrewd analysis unites transgressive cinema with metaphysical concepts of the body and mind.
Physical Description:	1 online resource (214 pages)
ISBN:	1783207760 9781783207763 1783207752 9781783207756