Bodies in Pain

<p> The films of Darren Aronofsky invite emotional engagement by means of affective resonance between the film and the spectator's lived body. Aronofsky's films which include a rich range of production from <em>Requiem for a Dream</em> to <em>Black Swan </em>are often considered cerebral because they explore topics like mathematics madness hallucinations obsessions social anxiety addiction psychosis schizophrenia and neuroscience. Yet this interest in intelligence and mental processes is deeply embedded in the operations of the body shared with the spectator by means of a distinctively corporeal audiovisual style. <em>Bodies in Pain</em> looks at how Aronofsky's films engage the spectator in an affective form of viewing that involves all the senses ultimately engendering a process of (self) reflection through their emotional dynamics.</p>