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Cinema of Crisis: Russian Chernukha Cinema, Its Cultural Context and Cross-Cultural Connections
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The present work explores Russian cinema of perestroika, specifically the bleak trend known as chernukha. The project offers a comparative analysis of chernukha and film noir, looking into how these cinemas of crisis channel social anxieties in times of transition. It illuminates the significance...
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Les emprunts a l'horrifique et au pornographique a travers les images du corps dans le cinema français contemporain
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The purpose of this thesis is to offer a better understanding of some contemporary French films, whose aesthetics result from the borrowing of visual and/or technical elements pertaining to the genres of horror or pornography. To do so, I adopted an inductive approach, based on a semiotic...