Everyone knows the thrill of being transported by a film, but what
is it that makes movie watching such a compelling emotional
experience? In "Moving Viewers, "Carl Plantinga explores this
question and the implications of its answer for aesthetics, the
psychology of spectatorship, and the place of movies in culture.
Through an in-depth discussion of mainstream Hollywood films,
Plantinga investigates what he terms "the paradox of negative
emotion" and the function of mainstream narratives as ritualistic
fantasies. He describes the sensual nature of the movies and shows
how film emotions are often elicited for rhetorical purposes. He
uses cognitive science and philosophical aesthetics to demonstrate
why cinema may deliver a similar emotional charge for diverse
audiences.
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