The Aesthetics of Discomfort in Cristi Puiu’s Aurora
The Aesthetics of Discomfort in Cristi Puiu’s Aurora
Author(s): Ion IndoleanSubject(s): Fine Arts / Performing Arts, Film / Cinema / Cinematography
Published by: Universitatea Babeş-Bolyai, Facultatea de Teatru si Televiziune
Keywords: Cristi Puiu; Romanian New Wave Cinema; Realism; Aurora; Discomfort; Audience Reception Studies; Observational Cinema; Hyperrealism;
Summary/Abstract: This paper discusses the spectator's discomfort triggered by Cristi Puiu's Aurora. In 2010, when it was launched, the film stirred heated controversy between those who labelled it as masterpiece and those who were bothered by the dreariness contemplated by the Romanian filmmaker. Starting from the critics' reaction, Cristi Puiu's public interventions and a series of audience reception theories, the paper sets to explain why the film Aurora causes unease.
Journal: Ekphrasis. Images, Cinema, Theory, Media
- Issue Year: 27/2022
- Issue No: 1
- Page Range: 90-106
- Page Count: 17
- Language: English