Dr Nikolaj Lübecker is Tutor and Fellow in French at St John's College at the University of Oxford. He has a D.E.A. and Ph.D. (Université Paris 7 - Denis Diderot), M.A. (University of Copenhagen).
'The Feel-Bad Film is a compelling book that expertly argues for
the importance of an oft-maligned corpus of films, deftly
interweaving film-historical, film-theoretical and philosophical
thought into a highly nuanced argument.'--Oliver Kenny, Sciences Po
Aix "Film-Philosophy"
From tragic melodramas to spine-chilling horror, cinema is ripe
with kinds of experiences that, under normal circumstances, are
undesirable in our perception of reality...Nikolaj Lübecker's The
Feel-Bad Film can be seen as a unique intervention to this broader
body of work...concerned with how film-makers subvert expectations
of spectators, but remain ethically virtuous so as to encourage and
invoke a critical response.'--Emre Çağlayan, University for the
Creative Arts "New Review of Film and Television Studies"
If you are a programmer who did not show Rick Alverson's recent
film Entertainment or Tim Sutton's new Dark Night because you were
afraid you would not be able to defend the film to an angry board
member, then this book is for you. The book clearly and cogently
makes the case why films that challenge our ethical and moral
frameworks contribute to a richer culture. I would go so far to
also recommend that the book should be sold at festivals, right
next to the festival T-shirt, coffee cup and beer cozy.'--Mike S.
Ryan "Filmmaker Magazine"
Insightful and thought-provoking...The Feel-Bad Film offers a
compelling examination of these often disparaged and overlooked
films.'--Kristin C. Brunnemer, Pierce College "Historical Journal
of Film, Radio and Television"
Lübecker's work throughout is illuminating, convincing, and
contributes to making The Feel-Bad Film a valuable text, one that
helps us to unlock and unpack the complexities of extreme cinema.
On, and indeed after, reading, I have been speculating to what
extent the analysis he proffers can be extended toward other
genres, outside the specifically filmic. It is, then, tempting to
suggest that Lübecker's book can be read as establishing a
framework that can be extended to consider the "feel-bad
experience" more broadly...Lübecker's work provides us with a
framework to start thinking through artistic alternatives to the
"enthusiasm" and "activity" that consumer culture demands and to
describe subjective artistic experiences that don't fit quite so
neatly into the capitalist mainstream. The feel-bad experience as
articulated here could indeed be a step toward a productive way of
articulating radical, if quiet, resistance.'--Russell Williams "Los
Angeles Review of Books"
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