Menacing Environments : Ecohorror in Contemporary Nordic Cinema

• Tác giả: Benjamin Bigelow
• Ngôn ngữ: eng
• ISBN-13: 978-0295751658
• Thông tin xuất bản: Seattle : University of Washington Press, 2023.
• Mô tả vật lý: 1 online resource (208 pages) : , illustrations ;
• Bộ sưu tập: Tài liệu truy cập mở
• ID: 372424
• Chủ đề: 1. Nature in motion pictures; 2. Environmental protection and motion pictures; 3. Horror films; 4. Motion pictures; 5. Nature in motion pictures

Tóm tắt

"In Menacing Environments, Benjamin Bigelow examines ecohorror as a film genre that generates fear and dread by dwelling on the threatening interconnectedness between humans and the environment. Though the combination of horror and the natural environment may be a counter-intuitive pairing for the region, the commercial and critical attention garnered by transnational Nordic ecohorror films such as Antichrist (dir. Lars von Trier, 2009) and Midsommar (dir. Ari Aster, 2019) shows that the relationship between humans and the natural environment is not always figured as innocent or benign"-- Provided by publisher.