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OverviewA walk suspended in mid-air, a fall at breakneck speed towards a fatal impact with the ground, an upside-down flip into space, the drift of an astronaut in the void… Analysing a wide range of films, this book brings to light a series of recurrent aesthetic motifs through which contemporary cinema destabilizes and then restores the spectator’s sense of equilibrium. The 'tensive motifs' of acrobatics, fall, impact, overturning, and drift reflect our fears and dreams and offer embodied forms of transcendence of the limits of our human condition along with an awareness of their insurmountable nature. Adopting the approach of 'Neurofilmology'—an interdisciplinary method that puts filmology, perceptual psychology, philosophy of mind, and cognitive neuroscience into dialogue—this book implements the paradigm of embodied cognition in a new ecological epistemology of the moving-image experience. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Adriano D'AloiaPublisher: Amsterdam University Press Imprint: Amsterdam University Press ISBN: 9789463725255ISBN 10: 9463725253 Pages: 254 Publication Date: 04 October 2021 Audience: Professional and scholarly , Professional & Vocational Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In Print  This item will be ordered in for you from one of our suppliers. Upon receipt, we will promptly dispatch it out to you. For in store availability, please contact us. Table of ContentsAcknowledgements I Vertigo Towards a Neurofilmology II Acrobatics On the wires of empathy III Fall Descent to equilibrium IV Impact Experiencing the unrepresentable V Overturning Upside-down dissimulations VI Drift Ungraspable environments VII Flight Towards an Ecofilmology Bibliography Filmography IndexReviewsAuthor InformationAdriano D’Aloia is an Associate Professor of Film and Media studies at the University of Bergamo, Italy. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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