Hyper Attention Blockbusters
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Keywords | Nøgleord

affect, attention, Batman, kinetics, sensation, superhero

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Christiansen, Steen. 2013. “Hyper Attention Blockbusters: Christopher Nolan’s Batman Trilogy”. Academic Quarter | Akademisk Kvarter, nr. 7 (december):144-58. https://doi.org/10.5278/ojs.academicquarter.v0i7.2826.

Abstract | Abstract

In this article, I outline a theory of attention for 21st-century blockbusters, emphasizing the coevolution of attention in what N. Katherine Hayles has distinguished as deep and hyper attention. Furthermore, I elaborate on this theory with a discussion of kinetics as an embodied sensation integral to blockbuster, drawing examples from Christopher Nolan’s Batman trilogy.

https://doi.org/10.5278/ojs.academicquarter.v0i7.2826
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