The Power of Movies: How Screen and Mind Interact

The Power of Movies: How Screen and Mind Interact
by Colin McGinn

The Power of Movies: How Screen and Mind Interact
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Author: Colin McGinn
Edition: Paperback
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published)
Published: 2007-02-13
ISBN: 1400077206
Number of pages: 224
Publisher: Vintage

Summary of The Power of Movies: How Screen and Mind Interact

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.

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