Cinema, Fear and Horror: Some Mechanisms of Identification

The essay explores the questions of fear, fantastic and horror in cinema, concentrating on the problems of “normality”, perception, representation and the viewer’s different forms of identification. The “The Silence of the Lambs” is taken as a significant case-study.

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Main Author:	Giorgio Cremonini
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	University of Bologna 2008-06-01
Series:	Governare la paura
Subjects:	fear cinema identification horror
Online Access:	https://governarelapaura.unibo.it/article/view/2544

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spelling	doaj-4b33dfccac6744e695d2b2f6955d53422020-11-25T02:07:50ZengUniversity of BolognaGovernare la paura1974-49352008-06-011110.6092/issn.1974-4935/25442381Cinema, Fear and Horror: Some Mechanisms of IdentificationGiorgio Cremonini0University of BolognaThe essay explores the questions of fear, fantastic and horror in cinema, concentrating on the problems of “normality”, perception, representation and the viewer’s different forms of identification. The “The Silence of the Lambs” is taken as a significant case-study.https://governarelapaura.unibo.it/article/view/2544fearcinemaidentificationhorror
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title	Cinema, Fear and Horror: Some Mechanisms of Identification
title_short	Cinema, Fear and Horror: Some Mechanisms of Identification
title_full	Cinema, Fear and Horror: Some Mechanisms of Identification
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publisher	University of Bologna
series	Governare la paura
issn	1974-4935
publishDate	2008-06-01
description	The essay explores the questions of fear, fantastic and horror in cinema, concentrating on the problems of “normality”, perception, representation and the viewer’s different forms of identification. The “The Silence of the Lambs” is taken as a significant case-study.
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Cinema, Fear and Horror: Some Mechanisms of Identification

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