Films are the memories of the planet. The validity of arguments for Images differs from those in print. Arguments require true and false judgments whereas Images require that we like them or not like them. This is a different kind of logic. This influence and transformation in judgment is transforming our consciousness.
Images are the new form of discourse.
The cinema has become to the modern world the collective cathedral of primitive participation mystique. It is the tribal dream house of modern civilization. Visual media has taken center stage providing us with synthetic dreams, counterfeit emotion and preconceived spontaneity that shape our mind. In this course we will explore one visual medium, film. The core of our concern is with film as a symbolic form, which is potentially communicative.