22nd Oct 2007
Paper 01 - Motion as Illusion
Our Ways of Seeing Illusion in Motion Pictures
One of the longest arguments for cinema is whether the idea of motion in motion pictures is an illusion. For many, the argument comes from our conception of seeing, which itself has a long, storied discourse through the history of philosophy, art, and photography. V. F. Perkins in the book Film as Film, attempts to dissipate the idea of the reality of the representation.
Our Ways of Seeing Illusion in Motion Pictures
One of the longest arguments for cinema is whether the idea of motion in motion pictures is an illusion. For many, the argument comes from our conception of seeing, which itself has a long, storied discourse through the history of philosophy, art, and photography. V. F. Perkins in the book Film as Film, attempts to dissipate the idea of the reality of the representation.
Keywords — james elkins, john berger, walter benjamin, v. f. perkins, roland barthes, motion, illusion, seeing, reality, film, philosophy, paper 01
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