Pre-Owned Willing Suspension of Disbelief : Poetic Faith in Film (Hardcover) 9780739117781

9780739117781. Pre-Owned: Good condition. Hard cover. Language: English. Pages: 118. Sewn binding. Paper over boards. 118 p. Contains: Illustrations black & white. Willing Suspension of Disbelief: Poetic Faith in Film is a study of the way we watch film. Anthony Ferri explores the way expectations influence what they see feel and experience. Using Coleridge s term willing suspension of disbelief as a starting point Ferri sets forth a fascinating study of the psychology of watching film. While film scholars and professionals have alluded to Coleridge s term in a parenthetical or tertiary manner this volume makes a definitive account for the concept and provides a contemporary analysis of the film viewing process from a variety of critical and empirical perspectives.Willing Suspension of Disbelief is valuable for film scholars and students of film.