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Showing 1 to 2 of 2 for “"trauma cinema"”.
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Inflicted Viewing: Examining Moral Masochism, Empathy, and the Frustration of Trauma Cinema
… analysis has opened a new mode of understanding cinematic language. However, rejecting classical psychoanalysis would be premature. This thesis will place the two in conjunction, specifically through Sigmund Freud’s conceptualization of moral masochism and Wilfred Bion’s theory of thinking. …
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An examination of the emotional impact of the insertion of documentary footage into trauma cinema
This thesis proposes that trauma cinema fiction films based on true dramatic events stand to gain much from utilising specific nonfiction material in their staged narratives and, furthermore, enhance emotional affect for the spectator. It deploys David Bordwell’s and Kristin Thompson’s (2017) …