Why do we like dark cinema?

An episode of the The Long Tale podcast, hosted by Peter Byhouwer, titled "Why do we like dark cinema?" was published on July 26, 2021 and runs 39 minutes.

July 26, 2021 ·39m · The Long Tale

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Summary

In this episode Professor Udden and I talk about dark cinema and theorize as to why we and other people enjoy watching films with dark depictions and sad moments and films that do not always have a happy or satisfying ending. The song that you heard in this weeks episode is called "Jazzaddict's Intro" and it is by Cosimo Fogg (201) Jazzaddict's Intro by Cosimo Fogg (201) https://soundcloud.com/cosimo-fogg Creative Commons — Attribution 3.0 Unported— CC BY 3.0 Free Download / Stream: https://bit.ly/jazzaddicts-intro Music promoted by Audio Library https://youtu.be/hY4yspCQRaM

Episode Description

In this episode Professor Udden and I talk about dark cinema and theorize as to why we and other people enjoy watching films with dark depictions and sad moments and films that do not always have a happy or satisfying ending.

The song that you heard in this weeks episode is called "Jazzaddict's Intro" and it is by Cosimo Fogg (201)

Jazzaddict's Intro by Cosimo Fogg (201) https://soundcloud.com/cosimo-fogg Creative Commons — Attribution 3.0 Unported— CC BY 3.0 Free Download / Stream: https://bit.ly/jazzaddicts-intro Music promoted by Audio Library https://youtu.be/hY4yspCQRaM

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