The abundance of external attractions throughout the cityscape combines with a more inward looking gaze that seems to offer an experience of defamiliarisation for Charlotte, but particularly for the character of Bob. (sensesofcinema.com)
They manifest what Jeff Hilson (Birkan Berz 2014) calls a «radical defamiliarisation» of its scope and capabilities. (rochfordstreetreview.com)
The idea of «defamiliarisation» originally emerged with the Russian Formalists (1914 — 1930) who contended that the basic function of poetic art was to challenge and renew perception. (sensesofcinema.com)