SOUNDS LIKE HORROR: Alejandro Amenábar's Thesis on Audio-Visual Violence
Russell, Dominique, Canadian Journal of Film Studies
Résumé: Une analyse rigoureuse de la trame sonore de Tesis d'Alejandro Amenádar dévoile le fonctionnement du film à l'intérieur des conventions du cinéma d'horreur et élucide son interpellation des spectateurs féminins et masculins. Malgré certains éléments novateurs, Tesis maintient une division rigide entre les sexes et réaffirme la hiérarchie traditionnelle entre l'image et le son.
Alejandro Amenábar's Tests ([Thesis] Spain, 1996) is well titled. A horror thriller, it also functions meta-textually as a statement about audio-visual violence, Spanish cinema and its relationship to Hollywood and commerce. Tesis tells the story of Angela (Ana Torrent) who, while researching her …
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Publication information:
Article title: SOUNDS LIKE HORROR: Alejandro Amenábar's Thesis on Audio-Visual Violence.
Contributors: Russell, Dominique - Author.
Journal title: Canadian Journal of Film Studies.
Volume: 15.
Issue: 2
Publication date: Fall 2006.
Page number: 81+.
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