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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.

  • Format
  • paperback
  • Pages
  • 224
  • Language
  • english
  • ISBN
  • 978-1-4000-7720-5
  • EAN
  • 9781400077205
  • Genres
  • philosophy, film, psychology
  • Release date
  • 2007