{"product_id":"the-eyes-have-it-cinema-and-the-reality-effect-paperback-softback-9780813560588","title":"The Eyes Have It; Cinema and the Reality Effect (Paperback \/ softback) 9780813560588","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eThe Eyes Have It\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eCinema and the Reality Effect\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eMurray Pomerance (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780813560588\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 19 March 2013\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e288 pages, 6 photographs, 1 figure\u003cbr\u003e22.9 x 15.2 x 2 cm, 0.484 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\"Pomerance's sound scholarship, provocative readings of classic films, and meticulous archival research make this beautifully written work both pleasurable and illuminating to read.\"\u003c\/div\u003e - Vivian Sobchack (University of California, Los Angeles) \u003cdiv\u003e\"Real history and technology cling to Pomerance’s boots in his delightful, instructive romp through acres of films in our 'Field of Dreams.' Enjoy this down-to-earth study of illusion.\"\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e - Dudley Andrew (Yale University) \u003cdiv\u003e\"Pomerance explores how the mechanics of cinema create engaging and irrationally persuasive illusions of reality. Thanks to [his] technical expertise and command of historical context, the book is constantly bringing new light to familiar material. Pomerance summons films arty and pop, classic and current, major and forgettable, with a unique combination of tecnical savvy, theory, and analytic sensitivity. It is exciting and delightful to read.\"\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e (Choice) \u003cdiv\u003e\"Pomerance's book shows the reality effect in cinema by using our eyes to blend a kind of milkshake of our senses thought pleasurable, complex, artificial, and previously unnoticed film patterns in regard to actors' performances, technological aspects, and scenic design.\"\u003c\/div\u003e (The Journal of American Culture)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003ci\u003eThe Eyes Have It\u003c\/i\u003e explores those rarified screen moments when viewers are confronted by sights that seem at once impossible and present, artificial and stimulating, illusory and definitive. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBeginning with a penetrating study of five cornfield sequences-including T\u003ci\u003ehe Wizard of Oz, Arizona Dream, \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eSigns\u003c\/i\u003e-Murray Pomerance journeys through a vast array of cinematic moments, technical methods, and laborious collaborations from the 1930s to the 2000s to show how the viewer's experience of \"reality\" is put in context, challenged, and willfully engaged.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFour meditations deal with “reality effects” from different philosophical and technical angles. “Vivid Rivals” assesses active participation and critical judgment in seeing effects with such works as \u003ci\u003eDefiance, Cloverfield, Knowing, \u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003eThelma \u0026amp; Louise\u003c\/i\u003e, and more. “The Two of Us” considers double placement and doubled experience with such films as \u003ci\u003eThe Prestige, Niagara, \u003c\/i\u003eand\u003ci\u003e A Stolen Life\u003c\/i\u003e. “Being There” discusses cinematic performance and the problems of believability, highlighting such films as \u003ci\u003eGran Torino, The Manchurian Candidate, \u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003eIn Harm’s Way\u003c\/i\u003e, and other films. “Fairy Land” explores the art of scenic backing, focusing on the fictional world of \u003ci\u003eBrigadoon, \u003c\/i\u003ewhich borrows from both hard-edged realism and evocative landscape painting.\u003c\/div\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cdiv\u003ePrelude : Corn\u003cbr\u003e Vivid rivals\u003cbr\u003e The two of us\u003cbr\u003e Being there\u003cbr\u003e A fairy tale\u003c\/div\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Rutgers University Press","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52559333523736,"sku":"9780813560588","price":28.58,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/the-eyes-have-it-cinema-and-the-reality-effect-paperback-softback-9780813560588","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}