m wrote:
. . . . .yes, Yes, YES!!! . . . but that doesn't address the original
[originary?]
question which remains, to put it succinctly, whether any audience ever
thought [that's the operative word] that could get on and ride a train that
thet saw approaching them on a screen
m
What if the event was a romantic dialogue between a handsome male lead and a
beautiful female lead. Could the audience subsume their intellectual
watchfulness enough to experience an emotional connection with the
characters? Could they ride that train?
I still maintain that the ability of (classical narrative) movies to
'enchant' lies in a gap/lag where the audience surrenders their
thoughts--far beyond the "willing suspension of disbelief" that takes place
in the theatre. It is no wonder that films have been compared to dreams--it
is only rarely that I become aware 'this is only a dream' while dreaming.
(sorry about the anecdote)
James Wallace
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