This article argues that the HBO recent limited series Sharp Objects (cr. Marti Noxon, 2018) invi... more This article argues that the HBO recent limited series Sharp Objects (cr. Marti Noxon, 2018) invites spectators to share in the 'existential feeling' of depression. I draw on philosophers Matthew Ratcliffe and Thomas Fuchs who identify core embodied experiences of depression: corporealisation, detunement, and desynchronisation. Following accounts of screen mood and 'existential feelings', I analyse how the form of Sharp Objects-cinematography, textural sound, and arrhythmic editing-expresses the embodied experience of depression. This paper therefore further demonstrates how screen media can evoke 'existential feelings' in its audience to promote an embodied understanding of depression.
This paper is part of a forthcoming film dossier of Hélène Cattet and Bruno Forzani (QFF and Sens... more This paper is part of a forthcoming film dossier of Hélène Cattet and Bruno Forzani (QFF and Senses of Cinema), and argues for the suitability of film-phenomenology for "thinking through" the directors' short horror film.
This article argues that the HBO recent limited series Sharp Objects (cr. Marti Noxon, 2018) invi... more This article argues that the HBO recent limited series Sharp Objects (cr. Marti Noxon, 2018) invites spectators to share in the 'existential feeling' of depression. I draw on philosophers Matthew Ratcliffe and Thomas Fuchs who identify core embodied experiences of depression: corporealisation, detunement, and desynchronisation. Following accounts of screen mood and 'existential feelings', I analyse how the form of Sharp Objects-cinematography, textural sound, and arrhythmic editing-expresses the embodied experience of depression. This paper therefore further demonstrates how screen media can evoke 'existential feelings' in its audience to promote an embodied understanding of depression.
This paper is part of a forthcoming film dossier of Hélène Cattet and Bruno Forzani (QFF and Sens... more This paper is part of a forthcoming film dossier of Hélène Cattet and Bruno Forzani (QFF and Senses of Cinema), and argues for the suitability of film-phenomenology for "thinking through" the directors' short horror film.
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