03575cam a22004938i 4500 23627388 BJBSDDR 20241202115651.0 ta 240401s2024 nyu b 001 0 eng 2024012061 9780231212717 (trade paperback) 0231212712 (trade paperback) 9780231559522 (ebook) DLC eng rda DLC eng pcc PN 1995.9 W283r 2024 791.43/6556 Warner, Rick, 1977- 39603 The rebirth of suspense : slowness and atmosphere in cinema / Rick Warner. New York : Columbia University Press, 2024. xi, 295 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm. text txt rdacontent unmediated n rdamedia volume nc rdacarrier Film and culture Includes bibliographical references and index. Introduction1. Suspense in Slow Time2. Minimal Thrills3. The Ambient Landscape4. Ailing Bodies on the Threshold of Action5. Gothic Uncertainty, Bordering on Horror6. Streaming the Undead Energies of “Film”NotesIndex "Typically, films are suspenseful when they keep us on the edge of our seats, when glimpses of a turning doorknob, a ticking clock, or a looming silhouette quicken our pulses. Exemplified by Alfred Hitchcock's masterworks and the countless thrillers they influenced, such films captivate viewers with propulsive plots that spur emotional investment in the fates of protagonists. Suspense might therefore seem to be a curious concept to associate with art films featuring muted characters, serene landscapes, and unrushed rhythms, in which plot is secondary to mood and tone. This ambitious and wide-ranging book offers a redefinition of suspense by considering its unlikely incarnations in the contemporary films that have been called "slow cinema." Rick Warner shows how slowness builds suspense through atmospheric immersion, narrative sparseness, and the withholding of information, causing viewers to oscillate among boredom, curiosity, and dread. He focuses on works in which suspense arises where the boundaries between art cinema and popular genres-such as horror, thriller, science fiction, and gothic melodrama-become indefinite, including Chantal Akerman's La captive, Apichatpong Weerasethakul's Memoria, Jonathan Glazer's Under the Skin, Kelly Reichardt's Night Moves, Lucrecia Martel's Zama, Kiyoshi Kurosawa's Creepy, and David Lynch's Twin Peaks: The Return. Warner investigates the pivotal role of sound in generating suspense and traces how the experience of suspense has changed in the era of digital streaming. The Rebirth of Suspense develops a fresh theory, history, typology, and analysis of suspense that casts new light on the workings of films across global cinema"-- Provided by publisher. Thrillers (Motion pictures) Cine de suspenso 39704 Cine de terror 11816 Slow cinema. Experimental films. Películas experimentales 39705 Cine experimental 17772 Online version: Warner, Rick. Rebirth of suspense in cinema New York : Columbia University Press, 2024 9780231559522 (DLC) 2024012062 Film and culture series 23578 7 cbc orignew 1 ecip 20 y-gencatlg lcc BK dpf 122466 122466 0 0 lcc 0 0 HU BJB BJB HU 2024-11-26 0 PN 1995.9 W283r 2024 00000186834 2024-11-26 00:00:00 1 2024-11-26 BK