My guest this episode is Professor Nikolaj Lübecker, a French and film studies professor at Oxford who wrote the book The Feel-Bad Film. In this conversation, we talk about the different types of feel-bad films, catharsis, the ethical value of these films, and a lot more. Show Notes: Nikolaj Lübecker’s book The Feel-Bad Film What is Literature? – Jean-Paul Sartre Chroniques Du Temps Sensible – Julia Kristeva (for French speakers) Films Mentioned: Funny Games Dogville Elephant I Can‘t Sleep Cache Innocence Fat Girl The Idiots The Act of Killing Monkey Ostrich Gray Redacted The Vanishing Audition In My Skin Evolution Nectar Earwig Harmonium Show Me Love Nikolaj Lübecker’s email: nikolaj.lubecker(at)sjc.ox.ac.uk Follow Somebody's Watching here: Twitter: @somebodyspod Instagram: @somebodyswatchingpod Email: [email protected]