hello,
the distinction between active and passive is something i also have been thinking about. lately, i started to believe that such a distinction is completely artificial and it is merely created for the purposes of studying other categories such as "art" and "mainstream" or "avant-garde" and "classical" cinema. the audience's situation while watching films is far more complex and it always involves both active and passive viewing. how can a person enjoy/understand/react/sit through a whole film without being active? or, conversely, i cannot think of any viewing experience where someone immerses himself in the filmic world, forgets he is watching a film and takes everything in without questioning. and since this is not something that is measured, but always speculated about (according to experience), i do not see how it can be useful.
best,
elif
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hello,
the distinction between active and passive is something i also have been thinking about. lately, i started to believe that such a distinction is completely artificial and it is merely created for the purposes of studying other categories such as "art" and "mainstream" or "avant-garde" and "classical" cinema. the audience's situation while watching films is far more complex and it always involves both active and passive viewing. how can a person enjoy/understand/react/sit through a whole film without being active? or, conversely, i cannot think of any viewing experience where someone immerses himself in the filmic world, forgets he is watching a film and takes everything in without questioning. and since this is not something that is measured, but always speculated about (according to experience), i do not see how it can be useful.
best,
elif
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