Black Holes and White Space: Ellipsis and Pause in Steve McQueen's Hunger
2015; Berghahn Books; Volume: 9; Issue: 1 Linguagem: Inglês
10.3167/proj.2015.090104
ISSN1934-9696
Autores Tópico(s)Theatre and Performance Studies
ResumoDirector Steve McQueen's 2008 film Hunger employs strategies of narrative fracture in its account of the 1981 Northern Irish hunger strikes. Through the formal devices of ellipsis and descriptive pause, the film creates space for viewer reflection on, and immersion in, the emotions associated with trauma and loss. Looking at these formal devices as emotion cues, and considering the film as a case study in the cognitive study of film, this article offers an 'emotional reading' of Hunger.
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