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Although disparate in their aesthetics and influences, [New French Extremity films] share an aggressive desire to confront their audiences, to render the spectator’s experience problematic [and a] desire to attract exposure through transgression’ (Caroline Verner: 34). Via close textual analysis of one or more significantly shocking European films (such as Irreversible, Martyrs, Dans Ma Peur) discuss the techniques through which the spectator is both confronted and encouraged to engage with transgression.
