The Neurothriller
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| Publication date | 2014 |
| Journal | New Review of Film and Television Studies |
| Volume | Issue number | 12 | 2 |
| Pages (from-to) | 83-93 |
| Number of pages | 11 |
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| Abstract | This paper argues that if one compares the classic Hitchcockian suspense thriller to the ways in which suspense works in contemporary cinema, there has been a remarkable shift. From a narrative technique that leads to feelings of suspense, suspense is now primarily an affective technique that only gradually settles on a story. Principles from affective neuroscience are drawn in to enable an assessment of this primacy of the affective in what can be called the neurothriller. |
| Document type | Article |
| Language | English |
| Published at | https://doi.org/10.1080/17400309.2014.878153 |
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