1st Edition

Emotion Pictures Movies and Feelings

By Lucy Fischer Copyright 2023
198 Pages 57 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

198 Pages 57 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

198 Pages 57 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

This book investigates a group of exceptional films that single-mindedly consider one particular emotion – be it pity, lust, grief, or anxiety – to examine cinematic emotion in depth. Drawing on philosophical and psychological approaches, Fischer’s unique analysis offers unparalleled case studies for comprehending emotion in the movies. The book provides the reader with an opportunity to... Read more

Introduction: Film "The Emotion Machine"

1. Animated Emotions
Emblems of Feeling in Inside Out and The Emoji Movie

2. Grief
The Unbearable Heaviness of Being in Pieces of a Woman

3. Trauma
Black Boyhood and Moonlight

4. Anxiety
High Anxiety in Adaptation

5. Guilt
Blame and Culpability in 21 Grams

6. Jealousy
The "Green-Eyed Monster" in Fado

7. Vengeance
"Vengeance is Mine": Red Road

8. Pity
The Refusal of Pathos in Pity

9. Lust
Sex, Greed, and Murder in The Square

10. Happiness
Capturing Joy in Happy-Go-Lucky & Hector and the Search for Happiness

Afterthoughts

Biography

Lucy Fischer is Distinguished Professor Emerita of Film and Media Studies at the University of Pittsburgh, USA where she directed the Program for three decades.