Ebook: The power of movies: how screen and mind interact

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. From the Trade Paperback edition.;The power of film -- Vision and the screen -- The metaphysics of the movie image -- Dreams on film -- Reviewing the dream theory -- How to make a dream -- Cinema and human nature.