Everyone knows the thrill of being transported by a film, but what is it that makes movie watching such a compelling emotional experience?
About the Author: Carl Plantinga is Professor of Film Studies at Calvin College.
296 Pages
Performing Arts, Film
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Everyone knows the thrill of being transported by a film, but what is it that makes movie watching such a compelling emotional experience? In Moving 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.
About the Author
Carl Plantinga is Professor of Film Studies at Calvin College. He is the author of Rhetoric and Representation in Non-Fiction Film and the coeditor of Passionate Views: Film, Cognition, and Emotion.
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Weight: .8 Pounds
Suggested Age: 22 Years and Up
Number of Pages: 296
Genre: Performing Arts
Sub-Genre: Film
Publisher: University of California Press
Theme: General
Format: Paperback
Author: Carl Plantinga
Language: English
Street Date: April 8, 2009
TCIN: 1008290893
UPC: 9780520256965
Item Number (DPCI): 247-22-4865
Origin: Made in the USA or Imported
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