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Book synopsis

For well over a century cinema has exerted enormous influence, yet many questions regarding its fascination remain unanswered. Films work so well because the viewers tend to unconsciously identify with the actors/actresses. The desire to become another, substituting identity by identification, can be traced to the illusion that the filmic heroes/heroines are immortal - identifying with them raises the possibility of gaining «deathlessness.» Viewers can, without real life risks, experiment with the existential drafts presented; the power of imagination is mobilized. Based on a multidisciplinary approach (semiotics, psychoanalysis, cultural anthropology, plus a healthy dose of film history), this book presents prolegomena of a philosophy of cinema.

Book details

• Full title: Mind Screen
• Subtitle: Identification Desire and Its Cinematic Arena
• Author: Georg Schmid
• Language: English
• Binding: Hardback
• Number of pages: 329
• EAN: 9783631668481
• ISBN: 3631668481
• ID: 12626100
• Publisher: Peter Lang AG
• Weight: 520 g
• Dimensions: 210 × 148 × 21 mm
• Date of publishing: 16. December 2015

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