scholarly journals Dark Mirrors and Dead Ringers: Music for Suspense Films about Twins

2012 ◽  
Vol 27 (1) ◽  
pp. 54-74
Author(s):  
Durrell Bowman
Keyword(s):  
Film Noir ◽  
Gender Representations ◽  
Musical Narrative ◽  
David Cronenberg ◽  
Cultural Hierarchy ◽  
Bette Davis ◽  
Musical Scores ◽  
Andre Previn ◽  
The Aesthetic

This paper compares the modernist musical-narrative separations of The Dark Mirror (Robert Siodmak, 1946), Dead Ringer (Paul Henreid, 1964), and Sisters (Brian De Palma, 1973) with the postmodernist musical-narrative fusions of the Canadian film Dead Ringers (David Cronenberg, 1988). The two earlier films (starring Olivia de Havilland and Bette Davis, respectively) mainly conform to the aesthetic of film noir or "suspense-thriller," whereas the two later films (starring Margot Kidder and Jeremy Irons, respectively) also contain substantial elements of "horror." The musical scores of these four films (by Dimitri Tiomkin, André Previn, Bernard Herrmann, and Howard Shore) feature, in varying degrees, the meaningful placement and development of leitmotifs and titles music, changes in meaning by altering instrumentation and/or mode, gender representations, and issues of cultural hierarchy and class distinctions.

Animated Statues and Petrified Bodies : A Journey Inside Fantasy Cinema

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Michele Bertolini
Keyword(s):  
The Body ◽  
David Cronenberg ◽  
Martin Scorsese ◽  
Living Body ◽  
After Hours ◽  
Contemporary Sculpture ◽  
The Aesthetic

The essay aims to show the aesthetic and philosophical implications of the polarity between the animation of stone and the petrification of the body through a journey inside fantasy cinema and horror movies. The examples offered by horror movies like The Haunting (Robert Wise), Un Angelo per Satana (Camillo Mastrocinque) and La Venere d’Ille (Mario and Lamberto Bava) re-enact the mythical imagery of the animated statue as the intertwining of simulacrum and living body. Unlike these gothic models, two postmodern masterpieces, After Hours (Martin Scorsese) and Dead Ringers (David Cronenberg), evoke at the same time the ghost of contemporary sculpture and the cinema device as simulacra-producing machine.

Crime Films during the Period of the Production Code Administration

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Todd Berliner
Keyword(s):  
Film Noir ◽  
Entire Body ◽  
Crime Films ◽  
Production Code ◽  
Aesthetic Properties ◽  
The Aesthetic ◽  
Studio Era

Chapter 8 demonstrates the ways in which ideological constraints in studio-era Hollywood shaped the aesthetic properties of an entire body of crime films, now commonly known as film noir. The ideological restrictions of the Production Code Administration posed creative problems that noir filmmakers solved through visual and narrative contortion. The contortions created challenges for audiences, who had to decode and make sense of films that may not show complete clarity or coherence in their storytelling. Film noir remains aesthetically engaging because it operates near the boundaries of classicism without sacrificing classical Hollywood’s accessibility and formal unity.

Fluency as a determinant of the aesthetic-usability effect

2014 ◽  
Author(s):  
Takahashi Tomoyo ◽  
Shinji Kitagami
Keyword(s):  
The Aesthetic

Aesthetic Crown Lengthening for Gummy Smile Treatment Related to Altered Passive Eruption: A Case Report

2020 ◽  
Vol 23 (2) ◽  
pp. 28-33
Author(s):  
Indira Apriantika ◽  
Agung Krismariono
Keyword(s):  
Case Report ◽  
Treatment Plan ◽  
Patient Treatment ◽  
Treatment Results ◽  
Dental Hospital ◽  
Proper Diagnosis ◽  
The Aesthetic ◽  
Smile Aesthetics ◽  
Crown Lengthening ◽  
Gummy Smile

A healthy and beautiful smile can affect appearance and confidence. One of the aesthetic problems in dentistry that is often complained of by patients is excessive gingival display (gummy smile). The excessive gingival display can be caused by several factors, one of which is altered passive eruption (APE). One of the treatments to correct gummy smile related to APE is crown lengthening. Crown lengthening can be with bone reduction (gingivectomy with bone reduction) or without bone reduction (gingivectomy). Crown Lengthening with bone reduction is a surgical procedure that aims to maintain the dentogingival complex and to improve smile aesthetics. The purpose of this case report is to determine the crown lengthening with bone reduction (gingivectomy with bone reduction) procedure as a gummy smile treatment related to APE .A23-year-old female patient, came to Dental Hospital of Universitas Airlangga with complaints of her upper gum which not in the same length and the teeth looked short, she considered her smile was less aesthetic. After conducting analyses relating to aesthetics and periodontal tissue, crown lengthening with bone reduction was chosen for this patient treatment. The treatment results are quite good, visible gingival margins that matched the gingival zenith and improved patient's smile profile. APE as the etiology of patient's gummy smile can be corrected. There are no post-surgical complications such as excessive pain and infection. A proper diagnosis, treatment plan, and good techniques can produce a harmonious smile on the patient.

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