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Record Nr.

UNINA9910460423603321

Autore

Wyeth Peter

Titolo

The matter of vision : affective neurobiology & cinema / / Peter Wyeth

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Bloomington, Indiana : , : Indiana University Press, , [2015]

©2015

ISBN

0-86196-911-1

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (424 p.)

Disciplina

791.43019

Soggetti

Vision

Vision - Films

Neurobiology - Research

Motion pictures

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references, filmography and index.

Nota di contenuto

Foreword : war of the word -- The matter of vision -- The matter of vision : Aphorisms -- Commentaries -- Cinema -- On method.

Sommario/riassunto

Cinematic analysis has often supported the notion that cinema can be understood by drawing parallels with language. Peter Wyeth contends that this analytical framework often fails to consider the fundamental fact of cinema's visual nature. In The Matter of Vision, Wyeth seeks to redress this oversight by grounding his analysis in neuroscience and evolutionary biology, finding herein the potential for a qualitatively superior understanding of the cinematic medium.