The films of Darren Aronofsky invite emotional engagement by means of affective resonance between the film and the spectators lived body. Aronofskys films, which include a rich range of production fromRequiem for a DreamtoBlack Swan,are often considered cerebral because they explore topics like mathematics, madness, hallucinations, obsessions, social anxiety, addiction, psychosis, schizophrenia, and neuroscience. Yet this interest in intelligence and mental processes is deeply embedded in the operations of the body, shared with the spectator by means of a distinctively corporeal audiovisual style.Bodies in Painlooks at how Aronofskys films engage the spectator in an affective form of viewing that involves all the senses, ultimately engendering a process of (self) reflection through their emotional dynamics.
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Acknowledgements
Introduction:Aronofsky, Auteurship, Aesthetics
Chapter 1.Noise:Pi
Chapter 2.Rhythm:Requiem for a Dream
- Rhythm, Emotion, and Film Aesthetics
- Artificial Rhythm
- Dysphoric Rhythm
Chapter 3.Grief:The Fountain
Mind and Body
Science and Spirituality
Finitude and Infinitude
Working Through Grief
Chapter 4.Masochism:The Wrestler
- Nostalgia in Denial
- Masochism and Spectatorship
Chapter 5.The Uncanny Sublime:Black Swan
- Aestheticized/Embodied Pain
- Uncanny Personhood
- Pain and Pleasure
Conclusion
Appendix:Darren Aronofsky Filmography
Bibliography
Index
Tarja Laineis Assistant Professor of Fills.
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