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> > The film experience in the cinema coincides > with none of the other three exactly, but it does have greater > affinities with daydreaming than with the other two mental states (real > dreams and full consciousness). Given that we now have ways of testing for the presence of dream states and perhaps other related states of consciousness the time may be over for this type of armchair speculation. In fact I wonder if any neuropsychologist has done any work in this area. Given the extent that much research uses response to film and video images as part of their methodology the similarities between looking at the world and looking at those images would seem to be important. That said, the analogy between film watching and dreaming, the cave, and the like has provided a useful set of metaphors that filmmakers have often used as part of their works, whatever the literal status may be. Would be interesting to make a list of films that make these metaphors and look in detail at how they are used. j * * Film-Philosophy Email Discussion Salon. After hitting 'reply' please always delete the text of the message you are replying to. To leave, send the message: leave film-philosophy to: [log in to unmask] For help email: [log in to unmask], not the salon. **