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OverviewFull Product DetailsAuthor: Geoff King (Professor of Film Studies, Brunel University London, UK)Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing Plc Imprint: Bloomsbury Academic USA Dimensions: Width: 15.20cm , Height: 2.50cm , Length: 22.90cm Weight: 0.454kg ISBN: 9781501385735ISBN 10: 1501385739 Pages: 304 Publication Date: 20 April 2023 Audience: Professional and scholarly , Professional & Vocational Format: Paperback 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 ContentsIntroduction 1. Into the Discomfort Zone 2. 'Uncomfortably Great': Todd Solondz and Palindromes 3. Ulrich Seidl: Far from Paradise 4. Weirdly Discomforting: Dogtooth and the Greek New Wave 5. Roy Andersson and Ruben OEstlund 6. A Very British Discomfort? Joanna Hogg 7. The Comedy of Discomfort Bibliography IndexReviewsAs a text, The Cinema of Discomfort is an intrepid and valuable exploration of a difficult topic, characterized by a tremendous level of care and insight throughout on the part of the author. It is a painstaking achievement, and one that has a distinctive place within film criticism today ... King has contributed a keystone piece of theory that will continue to illuminate sickening subtleties of filmgoing for years to come. * Cineaste Magazine * The Cinema of Discomfort adds another dimension – and marks another important advance – in Geoff King’s masterful study of independent film and international art cinema, digging into the oddly pleasurable and darkly comedic “assaults” mounted by resolutely marginal filmmakers ranging from Todd Solondz to Yorgos Lanthimos to Joanna Hogg. * Thomas Schatz, Professor and Jones Centennial Chair, University of Texas at Austin, USA * As a text, The Cinema of Discomfort is an intrepid and valuable exploration of a difficult topic, characterized by a tremendous level of care and insight throughout on the part of the author. It is a painstaking achievement, and one that has a distinctive place within film criticism today ... King has contributed a keystone piece of theory that will continue to illuminate sickening subtleties of filmgoing for years to come. * Cineaste Magazine * The Cinema of Discomfort adds another dimension - and marks another important advance - in Geoff King's masterful study of independent film and international art cinema, digging into the oddly pleasurable and darkly comedic assaults mounted by resolutely marginal filmmakers ranging from Todd Solondz to Yorgos Lanthimos to Joanna Hogg. * Thomas Schatz, Professor and Jones Centennial Chair, University of Texas at Austin, USA * The Cinema of Discomfort adds another dimension - and marks another important advance - in Geoff King's masterful study of independent film and international art cinema, digging into the oddly pleasurable and darkly comedic assaults mounted by resolutely marginal filmmakers ranging from Todd Solondz to Yorgos Lanthimos to Joanna Hogg. --Thomas Schatz, Professor and Jones Centennial Chair, University of Texas at Austin, USA Author InformationGeoff King is Professor of Film Studies at Brunel University London, UK. He is author of numerous books, including pioneering studies of American independent and Indiewood cinemas. His most recent publications are Quality Hollywood: Markers of Distinction in Contemporary Studio Film (2016) and Positioning Art Cinema: Film and Cultural Value (2019). Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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