Guilt-based filmmaking: moral failings, muddled activism, and the “dogumentary” Get a Life

To date consideration of negative emotions in the context of cinema has been largely limited to the issue of why spectators would be drawn to films that target psychological responses such as fear and disgust. The aim here is to consider the phenomenon of negative emotion as a motivating factor in t...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Mette Hjort
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Taylor & Francis Group 2018-04-01
Series:Journal of Aesthetics & Culture
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Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/20004214.2018.1447219