%0 Book
%A Georg Schmid
%D 2015
%C Berlin, Germany
%I Peter Lang Verlag
%@ 9783653063417
%T The Mind Screen
%B Identification Desire and Its Cinematic Arena
%R 10.3726/978-3-653-06341-7
%U https://www.peterlang.com/document/1049820
%X 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.
%K Film, Cinema, identification, roles, identity
%G English