The Power of Movies
How Screen and Mind Interact
Nonfiction, Religion & Spirituality, Philosophy, Metaphysics, Entertainment, Film, History & Criticism, Performing Arts
| Author: | Colin McGinn | ISBN: | 9780307489739 |
| Publisher: | Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group | Publication: | December 10, 2008 |
| Imprint: | Vintage | Language: | English |
| Author: | Colin McGinn |
| ISBN: | 9780307489739 |
| Publisher: | Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group |
| Publication: | December 10, 2008 |
| Imprint: | Vintage |
| Language: | English |
How 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.
How 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.
