num_pages: 224
description: 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.
language: English
title: The Power of Movies: How Screen and Mind Interact
titlecomplete: The Power of Movies: How Screen and Mind Interact
genres: Philosophy, Cultural, Film, Psychology, Nonfiction
ratings_count: 129
publisher: Vintage