Willing Suspension of Disbelief

About this book

"Willing Suspension of Disbelief: Poetic Faith in Film is a study of the way we watch film. Anthony J. Ferri explores the way expectations influence what we see, feel, and experience. Using Samuel Taylor Coleridge's term "willing suspension of disbelief" as a starting point, Ferri sets forth a 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 a resource for film scholars and students of film."--BOOK JACKET.