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Projecting Illusion: Film Spectatorship and the Impression of Reality

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Projecting Illusion offers a systematic analysis of the impression of reality in the cinema and the pleasure it provides the film spectator. Film affords an especially compelling aesthetic experience that can be considered as a form of illusion akin to the experience of daydream and dream. Examining the concept of illusion and its relationship to fantasy in the experience of visual representation, Richard Allen situates his explanation within the context of an analytical criticism of contemporary film theory.

Language: English

Pages: 192

Format: Paperback

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Release: May 28, 1997

ISBN: 0521587158

ISBN 13: 9780521587150

Projecting Illusion: Film Spectatorship and the Impression of Reality

4.3/5 ( ratings)

Projecting Illusion offers a systematic analysis of the impression of reality in the cinema and the pleasure it provides the film spectator. Film affords an especially compelling aesthetic experience that can be considered as a form of illusion akin to the experience of daydream and dream. Examining the concept of illusion and its relationship to fantasy in the experience of visual representation, Richard Allen situates his explanation within the context of an analytical criticism of contemporary film theory.

Language: English

Pages: 192

Format: Paperback

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Release: May 28, 1997

ISBN: 0521587158

ISBN 13: 9780521587150

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