The Power of Movies: How Screen and Mind InteractHow is watching a movie similar to dreaming? What goes on in our minds when we become absorbed in a movie? How does looking “into” a movie screen allow us to experience the thoughts and feelings of a movie’s characters? These and related questions are at the heart of The Power of Movies, a thoughtful, invigorating, and remarkably accessible book about a phenomenon seemingly beyond reach of our understanding. Colin McGinn–“an ingenious philosopher who thinks like a laser and writes like a dream,” according to Steven Pinker–enhances our understanding of both movies and ourselves in this book of rare and refreshing insight. |
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How Screen and Mind Interact Colin McGinn. Praise for Colin McGinn's THE POWER OF MOVIES " Concise , well - written . " -Los Angeles Times " Fascinating . .... An intriguing rumination on the phenome- non of film . " -Film Comment ...
How Screen and Mind Interact Colin McGinn. Praise for Colin McGinn's THE POWER OF MOVIES " Concise , well - written . " -Los Angeles Times " Fascinating . .... An intriguing rumination on the phenome- non of film . " -Film Comment ...
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How Screen and Mind Interact Colin McGinn. Pra/'50'/br C0/in /llcG1'nn's. THE. POWER. OF. MOVIES. “Concise, well—written.” —L0sAnge/es Times “Fascinating. . . . An intriguing rumination on the phenomenon Of film." —Film Comment "Anyone who ...
How Screen and Mind Interact Colin McGinn. Pra/'50'/br C0/in /llcG1'nn's. THE. POWER. OF. MOVIES. “Concise, well—written.” —L0sAnge/es Times “Fascinating. . . . An intriguing rumination on the phenomenon Of film." —Film Comment "Anyone who ...
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... screen, as well as the significance of the physical film image itself Putting these ideas together is what this book is all about. I intend it for anyone interested in understanding his or her own response to cinema, as well as for ...
... screen, as well as the significance of the physical film image itself Putting these ideas together is what this book is all about. I intend it for anyone interested in understanding his or her own response to cinema, as well as for ...
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... screen , as well as the significance of the physical film image itself . Putting these ideas together is what this book is all about . I intend it for anyone interested in understanding his or her own response to cinema , as well as for ...
... screen , as well as the significance of the physical film image itself . Putting these ideas together is what this book is all about . I intend it for anyone interested in understanding his or her own response to cinema , as well as for ...
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How Screen and Mind Interact Colin McGinn. One THE POWER OF FILM THE MIND - MOVIE PROBLEM The power of film is indisputable . Since the beginning of movies , a little over a hundred years ago , they have capti- vated audiences . We want ...
How Screen and Mind Interact Colin McGinn. One THE POWER OF FILM THE MIND - MOVIE PROBLEM The power of film is indisputable . Since the beginning of movies , a little over a hundred years ago , they have capti- vated audiences . We want ...
Contents
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Three THE METAPHYSICS OF THE MOVIE IMAGE | 58 |
Four DREAMS ON FILM | 100 |
Five REVIEWING THE DREAM THEORY | 158 |
Seven CINEMA AND HUMAN NATURE | 192 |
Bibliography | 209 |
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