Visceral Screen
Narrative and spectacle describe two extremes of film content, but the oeuvres of John Cassavetes and David Cronenberg resist such categorization. Instead, Robert Furze argues, the defining characteristic of Cassavetes and Cronenberg’s respective approaches is that of ''visceral'' cinema – a term that illustrates the anxiety these filmmakers provoke in their audiences. Cassavetes demonstrates this...
Narrative and spectacle describe two extremes of film content, but the oeuvres of John Cassavetes and David Cronenberg resist such categorization. Instead, Robert Furze argues, the defining characteristic of Cassavetes and Cronenberg’s respective approaches is that of ''visceral'' cinema – a term that illustrates the anxiety these filmmakers provoke in their audiences. Cassavetes demonstrates this...
