Jane Stadler – Screening the Past

Affectless Empathy, Embodied Imagination and The Killer Inside Me

Post author:Jane Stadler
Post published:October 2, 2013
Post category:Issue 37 - Aesthetic Issues in World Cinema

Is it possible for an emotionless psychopath such as Deputy Sheriff Lou Ford (played by Casey Affleck), the mild-mannered murderer in Michael Winterbottom’s The Killer Inside Me (2010), to experience empathy? [1] This…

Mapping the Cinematic Journey of Alexander Pearce, Cannibal Convict

Post author:Jane Stadler
Post published:July 30, 2012
Post category:Issue 34 - First Release

Introduction The story of Alexander Pearce’s arduous journey through southwest Tasmania and the gruesome fate that befell his comrades on their famishing trek across the island state has been narrated…