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Colin Mcginn
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The Power of Movies: How Screen and Mind Interact |
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No copies available |
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English |
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Hardcover |
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224 |
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2005-12-13 |
| ISBN: |
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0375423176 |
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Pantheon |
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0.79 pounds |
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0.88 x 8.29 x 5.48 inches |
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First Edition |
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1 Schuylar (USA: IA) |
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1 Mike (USA: NY) |
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Product Description
With enthusiasm and probing intelligence, Colin McGinn (“an ingenious philosopher who thinks like a laser and writes like a dream”–Steven Pinker) embarks on a fascinating philosophical consideration of the allure of movies–what it is we experience when we watch them and what makes them such a universally compelling form of entertainment.
McGinn examines how movies work on our minds: how looking “into” the movie screen allows us to imagine the characters portrayed and know their thoughts and feelings . . . how what we see on the screen can seem to recapitulate the workings of consciousness itself . . . how the screen image is ideally suited to capturing both physical and emotional movements, depicting human feeling in all its variations . . . how heightened reality characterizes both film narrative and dreams . . . how our connection to and perception of movies enables us to better understand aspects of our own nature.
A fresh, invigorating look into the art of film and the minds of filmmakers and filmgoers, The Power of Movies is certain to change the way you watch movies.
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