Troubled Everyday: The Aesthetics of Violence and the Everyday in European Art Cinema

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Alison Taylor

Troubled Everyday

The Aesthetics of Violence and the Everyday in European Art Cinema

Alison Taylor

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Edinburgh University Press
21 February 2019

Film theory & criticism

Extreme violence in contemporary European art cinema is generally interpreted for its affective potential, but what about the significance of the everyday that so often frames and forms the majority of these films? Why do the sudden moments of violence that punctuate films like Catherine Breillat's Fat Girl (2001), Gaspar Noe's Irreversible (2002) and Markus Schleinzer's Michael (2011) seem so reliant on everyday routines and settings for their impact? Addressing these questions through a series of case-studies, and considering notorious films in their historical and philosophical context, Troubled Everyday offers the first detailed examination of the relationship between violence and the everyday in European art cinema. It calls for a re-evaluation of what gives these films such affective force, and such a prolonged grip on our imagination.

By: Alison Taylor
Imprint: Edinburgh University Press
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 234mm, Width: 156mm,
ISBN: 9781474440981
ISBN 10: 1474440983
Pages: 296
Publication Date: 21 February 2019
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Alison Taylor is a Senior Teaching Fellow in the Faculty of Society and Design at Bond University.

Reviews for Troubled Everyday: The Aesthetics of Violence and the Everyday in European Art Cinema

So often we are dazzled by spectacle; in Troubled Everyday Taylor makes a compelling case for the importance of paying attention to the quotidian. A beautifully written, carefully observed account of the relation of the everyday to violence in film, Taylor not only reframed my thinking about the films in question, but about film as a medium.--Catherine Wheatley, KCL