Rebirth of Suspense - Slowness and Atmosphere in Cinema

This ambitious and wide-ranging book offers a redefinition of suspense by considering its unlikely incarnations in the contemporary films that have been called "slow cinema."

List of contents

Acknowledgments
Introduction
1. Suspense in Slow Time
2. Minimal Thrills
3. The Ambient Landscape
4. Ailing Bodies on the Threshold of Action
5. Gothic Uncertainty, Bordering on Horror
6. Streaming the Undead Energies of "Film"
Notes
Index

About the author

Rick Warner

Summary

This ambitious and wide-ranging book offers a redefinition of suspense by considering its unlikely incarnations in the contemporary films that have been called “slow cinema.”

Product details

• Authors: Rick Warner
• Publisher: Columbia University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 06.09.2024
• EAN: 9780231212717
• ISBN: 978-0-231-21271-7
• No. of pages: 312
• Series: Film and Culture Series
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Art > Theatre, ballet; Performing Arts, Films, cinema, PERFORMING ARTS / Film / General