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The New Cinematic Weird: Atmospheres and Worldings

The New Cinematic Weird: Atmospheres and Worldings

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The New Cinematic Weird explores the rise of weird fiction in audiovisual culture, presenting detailed analyses of cinematic works that depict eerie, unsettling, and uncanny atmospheres. It argues that the weird exists as an experiential field, an inflation of the world, and that these atmospheric worldings provide a way into the weird experience.

Format: Paperback / softback
Length: 186 pages
Publication date: 15 March 2023
Publisher: Lexington Books


The New Cinematic Weird delves into the captivating realm of weird fiction's resurgence in audiovisual culture, offering a comprehensive exploration of its enigmatic presence. Through meticulous analysis of various cinematic works, the book unveils the true essence of the new cinematic weird as atmospheric worldings—affective intensities that permeate the very experience of the weird. The weird emerges as an experiential field, an expansion of the world's boundaries, revealing a tapestry of diverse experiences. This captivating book adeptly demonstrates how eerie, unsettling, ominous, uneasy, and eerie atmospheres serve as portals into the enigmatic realm of the weird. It holds immense significance for anyone intrigued by the audiovisual weird, cinematic atmospheres, the creation of worlds through audiovisual media, and the profound challenges that weird fiction poses to our understanding of the world.

The New Cinematic Weird delves into the captivating realm of weird fiction's resurgence in audiovisual culture, offering a comprehensive exploration of its enigmatic presence. Through meticulous analysis of various cinematic works, the book unveils the true essence of the new cinematic weird as atmospheric worldings—affective intensities that permeate the very experience of the weird. The weird emerges as an experiential field, an expansion of the world's boundaries, revealing a tapestry of diverse experiences. This captivating book adeptly demonstrates how eerie, unsettling, ominous, uneasy, and eerie atmospheres serve as portals into the enigmatic realm of the weird. It holds immense significance for anyone intrigued by the audiovisual weird, cinematic atmospheres, the creation of worlds through audiovisual media, and the profound challenges that weird fiction poses to our understanding of the world.

Weight: 454g
Dimension: 228 x 163 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9781793612762

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