{"product_id":"the-visceral-screen-between-the-cinemas-of-john-cassavetes-and-david-cronenberg-9781783203703","title":"The Visceral Screen: Between the Cinemas of John","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eNarrative and spectacle describe two extremes of film content, but the oeuvres of John Cassavetes and David Cronenberg resist such categorization. Instead, Robert Furze argues, the defining characteristic of Cassavetes and Cronenberg’s respective approaches is that of 'visceral' cinema – a term that illustrates the anxiety these filmmakers provoke in their audiences. Cassavetes demonstrates this through disregard for plot structure and character coherence, while Cronenberg’s focus is on graphic depictions of mutilation, extreme forms of bodily transformation and violence. \u003cem\u003eThe Visceral Screen\u003c\/em\u003e sets out to articulate alternative ways of appreciating film aesthetics outside the narrative\/spectacle continuum. Cassavetes and Cronenberg are established auteurs, but the elements of their films that appear to be barriers to their artistic status – for example, slipshod method and lingering violence or pre-digital special effects – are reassessed in \u003cem\u003eThe Visceral Screen\u003c\/em\u003e as other indicators of creativity. In this way, Furze encourages debates of what makes a film good or bad – beyond how much it is seen to adhere to particular, established models of filmmaking.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003ePrologue \u003cbr\u003e Cassavetes, Cronenberg, Barthes: A literature review \u003cbr\u003e Gestation \u003cbr\u003e Visceral \u003cbr\u003e Hidden \u003cbr\u003e The viewer \u003cbr\u003e The chapters to follow: An overview \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Chapter 1: The Visceral: From Adjective to Noun \u003cbr\u003e Excess \u003cbr\u003e Legibility \u003cbr\u003e Semiology \u003cbr\u003e Denotation \u003cbr\u003e The visceral \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Chapter 2: The Auteur and the Visceral Sense \u003cbr\u003e The place of the author \u003cbr\u003e The out-of-control auteur \u003cbr\u003e The imperfect auteur \u003cbr\u003e The auteur and the visceral sense: John Cassavetes and David Cronenberg \u003cbr\u003e John Cassavetes \u003cbr\u003e David Cronenberg \u003cbr\u003e A few words on cult cinema \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Chapter 3: John Cassavetes and David Cronenberg: Lists and Emptiness\u003cbr\u003e Cassavetes, Cronenberg and the DVD special feature \u003cbr\u003e Lists \u003cbr\u003e Emptiness \u003cbr\u003e Semiotics or semiology? \u003cbr\u003e Arbitrariness \u003cbr\u003e Paradigm\/syntagm\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eChapter 4: Effects \u003cbr\u003e Spectacle \u003cbr\u003e Attractions \u003cbr\u003e Digital \u003cbr\u003e Horrors \u003cbr\u003e Camera Lucida \u003cbr\u003e Theatre \u003cbr\u003e Objects \u003cbr\u003e Videodrome \u003cbr\u003e Faces \u003cbr\u003e Limits \u003cbr\u003e Love Streams \u003cbr\u003e From film to video games \u003cbr\u003e The Path \u003cbr\u003e Digital\/analogue \u003cbr\u003e Reaching out, pulling away\u003cbr\u003e Conclusion: The visceral ‘wounds’ \u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eChapter 5: Cities \u003cbr\u003e Princes and shards: Ideology’s response to the visceral \u003cbr\u003e Eastern Promises \u003cbr\u003e Views from bridges \u003cbr\u003e No centre \u003cbr\u003e Terror \u003cbr\u003e Husbands \u003cbr\u003e Freedom \u003cbr\u003e Division\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eConclusion \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Intellect Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51042261631319,"sku":"9781783203703","price":63.86,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781783203703.jpg?v=1750953674","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/the-visceral-screen-between-the-cinemas-of-john-cassavetes-and-david-cronenberg-9781783203703","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}