Moving Viewers: American Film and the Spectator's Experience - Rilegato

Plantinga, Carl

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ISBN 10: 0520256956 ISBN 13: 9780520256958

Casa editrice: Univ of California Pr, 2009

Riassunto

Everyone knows the thrill of being transported by a film, but what is it that makes movie watching such a compelling emotional experience? InMoving Viewers, Carl Plantinga explores this question and the implications of its answer for aesthetics, the psychology of spectatorship, and the place of movies in culture. Through an in-depth discussion of mainstream Hollywood films, Plantinga investigates what he terms "the paradox of negative emotion" and the function of mainstream narratives as ritualistic fantasies. He describes the sensual nature of the movies and shows how film emotions are often elicited for rhetorical purposes. He uses cognitive science and philosophical aesthetics to demonstrate why cinema may deliver a similar emotional charge for diverse audiences.

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L'autore:

Carl Plantinga is Professor of Film Studies at Calvin College. He is the author ofRhetoric and Representation in Non-Fiction Film and the coeditor of Passionate Views: Film, Cognition, and Emotion.

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Book by Plantinga Carl

Su questa edizione

• Editore: Univ of California Pr
• Data di pubblicazione: 2009
• ISBN 10: 0520256956
• ISBN 13: 9780520256958
• Rilegatura: Copertina rigida
• Numero di pagine: 280