Die Hard as an Emotion Symphony: How Reptilian Scenarios Meet Mammalian Emotions in the Flow of an Action Film

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Die Hard as an Emotion Symphony : How Reptilian Scenarios Meet Mammalian Emotions in the Flow of an Action Film. / Grodal, Torben Kragh.

I: Projections: The Journal for Movies and Mind, Bind 11, Nr. 2, 01.12.2017, s. 87-104.

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Grodal, TK 2017, 'Die Hard as an Emotion Symphony: How Reptilian Scenarios Meet Mammalian Emotions in the Flow of an Action Film', Projections: The Journal for Movies and Mind, bind 11, nr. 2, s. 87-104. https://doi.org/10.3167/proj.2017.110206

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Grodal, T. K. (2017). Die Hard as an Emotion Symphony: How Reptilian Scenarios Meet Mammalian Emotions in the Flow of an Action Film. Projections: The Journal for Movies and Mind, 11(2), 87-104. https://doi.org/10.3167/proj.2017.110206

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Grodal TK. Die Hard as an Emotion Symphony: How Reptilian Scenarios Meet Mammalian Emotions in the Flow of an Action Film. Projections: The Journal for Movies and Mind. 2017 dec. 1;11(2):87-104. https://doi.org/10.3167/proj.2017.110206

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Grodal, Torben Kragh. / Die Hard as an Emotion Symphony : How Reptilian Scenarios Meet Mammalian Emotions in the Flow of an Action Film. I: Projections: The Journal for Movies and Mind. 2017 ; Bind 11, Nr. 2. s. 87-104.

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