Paperback / softback. New. Charles Derry's study of the suspense thriller genre explains why human beings enjoy being scared in a vicarious sense. He shows how suspense is intimately connected with the psychological concept of the thrill. ISBN 0786412089 9780786412082 [GB]

McFarland & Co Inc Pub, Date: 2001. Paperback. New. 360 pages. 8.75x6.00x1.00 inches. 2001. McFarland & Co Inc Pub ISBN 0786412089 9780786412082 [GB]

ISBN10: 0786412089, ISBN13: 9780786412082, [publisher: Mcfarland And Company, Inc.] Softcover nach der Bestellung gedruckt Neuware - Printed after ordering - This book is a comprehensive study of one of the most popular genres in the cinema. From a perspective sympathetic to popular culture, this study analyzes a large number of primarily American and European films by a variety of distinguished directors, including Alfred Hitchcock, Claude Chabrol, John Frankenheimer, Michelangelo Antonioni, and Costa-Gavras. Indispensable to anyone interested in understanding how suspense thrillers work and what they mean, this book provides insightful analysis of hundreds of memorable films, while at the same time working as a virtual how-to manual for anyone trying to write a Hitchcock-like thriller. The first section of the book is primarily theoretical. It offers a bibliographical survey and then explains why we so profoundly enjoy these suspenseful films of murder and intrigue. A chapter on 'Thrills: or, How Objects and Empty Spaces Compete to Threaten Us' explores the psychological concept of the thrill and relates it to the psyche of the spectator. To what extent does the suspense thriller represent a symbolic and vicarious experience of danger A chapter on 'Suspense That Makes the Spectator Take a Breath' explores the crucial narrative concept of suspense and relates it to the psychological mechanisms of anxiety incited in the spectator. Why do we like ...
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