Drömmen i dåliga bilder -En studie om estetiken i Beyond the Black Rainbow och Inland Empire

• Main Authors: Jakobsson, Kim, Sandberg, Daniel
• Format: Others
• Language: Swedish
• Published: Örebro universitet, Institutionen för humaniora, utbildnings- och samhällsvetenskap 2019
• Subjects: Shlovsky; Freud; defamiliarization; ostranenie; the uncanny; uncanny valley; aesthetics; cinematography; image; grain; ugliness; surrealism; Beyond the Black Rainbow; Inland Empire; David Lynch; Panos Cosmatos; Media and Communications; Medie- och kommunikationsvetenskap
• Online Access: http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:oru:diva-72137

This thesis examines visionary directors David Lynch and Panos Cosmatos aesthetics in the films Inland Empire and Beyond the Black Rainbow. Two films with surrealistic aspects that are using a form of degraded aesthetics to achieve a certain kind of cinematography that is rarely seen in the industry. We examine what tools are being used to achieve the effect with theories concerning defamiliarization, the uncanny and uncanny valley. Aspects of cinematography in these films are working together to create effects that are both defamiliarized and uncanny.