Film Directors and Emotion

Darragh Greene lectures in Medieval Studies at University College Dublin. He has published essays on medieval English literature, Chaucer, Shakespeare, James Joyce, and comics author Grant Morrison. Graham Price lectures in the Department of Irish and Film Studies at University College Dublin. His 2018 monograph, Oscar Wilde and Contemporary Irish Drama: Learning to Be Oscar’s Contemporary, is the first book-length examining the Wildean strand in contemporary Irish theatre.

“Writing from a position beyond the standard Film Studies arena, Greene and Price have compiled a series of theoretical, formal analyses of some of the most interesting contemporary American (indie and mainstream) filmmakers and their work. Coherently united under the broad theme of cinematic ‘affect,’ this book interweaves a rich array of interdisciplinary strands—from Aristotle to Žižek—into a compelling tapestry of film interpretation that both celebrates, and reminds the reader of, the intertextual nature of the medium and how it is always usefully considered within the context of its rich cultural, textual heritage. Film Directors and Emotion will satisfy cinephiles and inquisitive readers who are looking to be stimulated by alternative ways of exploring the art and thinking that contemporary cinema offers.”— Dr. Barry Monahan, Film Studies, University College Cork, Ireland

• Table of ContentsAcknowledgmentsIntroduction: The Affective Turn in American Cinema1. David Fincher’s Feelings: From Apathy to Zest2. Bryan Singer’s Strange Cinema of Freaks and Outsiders3. Christopher Nolan: Mastering Fear, Rage and Death4. Kathryn Bigelow and the War on Terror5. Richard Linklater, Barry Jenkins, Greta Gerwig: Cinematic ­Coming-of-Age NarrativesEpilogue: Inside Out: A Major (E)motion PictureFilmography (by Director)Chapter NotesBibliographyIndex