TY  - BOOK
AU  - Georg Schmid
PY  - 2015
CY  - Berlin, Germany
PB  - Peter Lang Verlag
SN  - 9783653063417
TI  - The Mind Screen
T2  - Identification Desire and Its Cinematic Arena
DO  - 10.3726/978-3-653-06341-7
UR  - https://www.peterlang.com/document/1049820
N2  - 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.
KW  - Film, Cinema, identification, roles, identity
LA  - English
ER  -