The new extremism in cinema : from France to Europe

Edinburgh University Press

2011

242 p.

9780748679102

1. Introduction, Tanya Horeck and Tina Kendall; 2. Flesh and Blood: Sex and Violence in Recent French Cinema, James Quandt; Part I French Cinema and the New Extremism; 3. The Wounded Screen, Martine Beugnet; 4. Reframing Bataille: On Tacky Spectatorship in the New European Extremism, Tina Kendall; 5. Beyond Anti-Americanism, Beyond Euro-Centrism: Locating Bruno Dumont's Twentynine Palms in the Context of European Cinematic Extremism, Neil Archer; Part II Becoming Animal: Posthumanism and the New Extremism; 6. Shadows of Being in Sombre: Archetypes, Wolf-Men and Bare Life, Jenny Chamarette; 7. Eastern Extreme: The Presentation of Eastern Europe as a Site of Monstrosity in La Vie nouvelle and Import/Export, Michael Goddard; 8. Naked Women, Slaughtered Animals: Ulrich Seidl and the Limits of the Real, Catherine Wheatley; Part III Watching the Extreme: Cultural Reception; 9. Watching Rape, Enjoying Watching Rape...: How does a Study of Audience Cha(lle)nge Film Studies Approaches?', Martin Barker; 10. Censorship, Reception and the Films of Gaspar Noe: The Emergence of the New Extremism in Britain, Daniel Hickin; 11. 'Sex and Violence from a Pair of Furies': The Scandal of Baise-moi, Leila Wimmer; 12. 'Close Your Eyes and Tell Me What You See': Sex and Politics in Lukas Moodysson's Films, Mariah Larsson; Part IV Ethics and Spectatorship in the New Extremism; 13. Lars von Trier's Dogville: A Feel-Bad Film, Nikolaj Lubecker; 14. A 'Passion for the Real': Sex, Affect and Performance in the Films of Andrea Arnold, Tanya Horeck; 15. Interrogating the Obscene: Extremism and Michael Haneke, Lisa Coulthard; 16. On the Unwatchable, Asbjorn Gronstad; Afterword; 17. More Moralism from that 'Wordy Fuck', James Quandt

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