The New Cinematic Weird

Steen Ledet Christiansen

doi:10.5771/9781793612755

The New Cinematic Weird

Atmospheres and Worldings

1. Edition 2021

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doi.org/10.5771/9781793612755
ISBN print: 978-1-7936-1274-8
ISBN online: 978-1-7936-1275-5
Lexington, Lanham Lexington, Lanham

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Abstract

The New Cinematic Weird argues that weird fiction is rising also in audiovisual culture. Presenting several detailed analyses of weird cinematic works, the book shows how the new cinematic weird is best understood as atmospheric worldings — affective intensities that suffuse the experience of the cinematic weird. The weird exists as an experiential field, an inflation of the world. These worldings disclose a variety of experiences. The book engagingly shows how creepy, unsettling, ominous, uneasy, and eerie atmospheres provide a way into the weird experience. This book is important to anyone interested in the audiovisual weird, cinematic atmospheres, how audiovisual media produce worlds, and how weird fiction challenges our conception of the way the world is.

Schlagworte

aesthetic atmospheres latin american studies weird cinema weird television film studies film worlds worldings new weird

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Preface
- Table of Contents
- Acknowledgments
1–20 Introduction: Feeling Weird 1–20
21–44 1: Creepiness, Ecstasy, and Weird Narration in The OA 21–44
45–66 2: Unsettling Time in Dark 45–66
67–88 3: Ominous Metamorphosis in Starry Eyes 67–88
89–112 4: Discontinuity and Unease in Stranger Things 89–112
113–134 5: Eerieness and Disorientation 113–134
135–154 6: Unworlding and Disquiet in Annihilation 135–154
155–164 Conclusion: For the Weird 155–164
165–172 Bibliography 165–172
173–174 Index 173–174
175–176 About the Author 175–176

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