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Thelma: Empathic engagement and the Norwegian horror cinema
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Genre filmmaking has become very important in Norwegian cinema in the years since 2000, even to the point of certain art cinema directors like Joachim Trier creating types of horror movies. I argue that Trier’s intimate, subtle approach to the main character in his psychological horror film Thelma deepens and expands the experience of Norwegian horror.
Title: Thelma: Empathic engagement and the Norwegian horror cinema
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Genre filmmaking has become very important in Norwegian cinema in the years since 2000, even to the point of certain art cinema directors like Joachim Trier creating types of horror movies.
I argue that Trier’s intimate, subtle approach to the main character in his psychological horror film Thelma deepens and expands the experience of Norwegian horror.
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