Tempi der Bewegung – Modi des Gefühls
Abstract
What is the connection between the tempo of audiovisual images and the audience`s emotional experience? Examining the screwball comedy of the 30s and 40s, this study looks at comedy and hilarity as temporal structures. Exchanges of blows, puns, and verbal acrobatics are embedded in a complex composition of voices, facial expressions, gestures, and visual constructions. The audience experiences and enjoys combat and rage as an elegant pas de deux.
Keywords
Affectivity; comedy; temporalityDOI
10.1515/9783110519846Publisher
De GruyterPublisher website
https://www.degruyter.com/Publication date and place
Berlin/Boston, 2020Imprint
De GruyterSeries
Cinepoetics, 5Classification
Films, cinema
Film history, theory or criticism
Media studies