‘Vengeance is Mine.’ Heroes from the Movie-Powerhouse of Emotions
In this text I am guided by an interest in cinema as a well-understood machine of emotions which creates a common sense. From this perspective I approach the subject matter of heroism, using the emotions linked to vengeance as a connection between heroism and the cinematic production of common...
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Nederlands Genootschap voor Esthetica (Dutch Association of Aesthetics)
2015-07-01
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In this text I am guided by an interest in cinema as a well-understood machine of emotions which creates a common sense. From this perspective I approach the subject matter of heroism, using the emotions linked to vengeance as a connection between heroism and the cinematic production of common sense. In so doing, I put forward several theses for discussion: that film – like art in general – is a medium which founds community; that such a founding of community essentially occurs via the dimensions of emotion, in our case the dimension of a specific aesthetic emotion; that the hero is a figure emerging from the founding of community; and, finally, that feelings of vengeance – like figures of heroism – are made present in cinema in a representative way.
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| spelling | doaj.art-ae816805fc554d22ae2a356d7b850d8d2024-04-19T08:53:18ZengNederlands Genootschap voor Esthetica (Dutch Association of Aesthetics)Aesthetic Investigations2352-27042015-07-011110.58519/aesthinv.v1i1.1201412007‘Vengeance is Mine.’ Heroes from the Movie-Powerhouse of EmotionsJosef Früchtl0University of Amsterdam In this text I am guided by an interest in cinema as a well-understood machine of emotions which creates a common sense. From this perspective I approach the subject matter of heroism, using the emotions linked to vengeance as a connection between heroism and the cinematic production of common sense. In so doing, I put forward several theses for discussion: that film – like art in general – is a medium which founds community; that such a founding of community essentially occurs via the dimensions of emotion, in our case the dimension of a specific aesthetic emotion; that the hero is a figure emerging from the founding of community; and, finally, that feelings of vengeance – like figures of heroism – are made present in cinema in a representative way. https://aestheticinvestigations.eu/article/view/12014 |
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