TACTILE EYE/TOUCH AND THE CINEMATIC EXPERIENCE

The Tactile Eye expands on phenomenological analysis and film theory in its accessible and beautifully written exploration of the vi sceral connection between films and their viewers. Jennifer M. Barker argues that the experience of cinema can be understood as deep ly tactile - a sensuous exchange between film and viewer that goes beyond the visual and aural, gets beneath the skin, and reverbera tes in the body. Barker combines analysis of embodiment and phenomenological film theory to provide an expansive description of cine matic ta...[Llegir més]