{"product_id":"9781501364983","title":"Film Cheat Screen Artifice and Viewing Pleasure","description":"\u003ch1\u003eFilm Cheat\u003c\/h1\u003e\u003ch2\u003eScreen Artifice and Viewing Pleasure\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003ch3\u003eMurray Pomerance\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cb\u003ePerforming Arts \/ Film \/ History \u0026amp; Criticism\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp\u003eMurray Pomerance, venerated film scholar, is the first to take on the 'cheat' in film, where 'cheating' constitutes a collection of production, performance, and structuring maneuvers intended to foster the impression of a screen reality that does not exist as presented.  This usually calls for a suspension of disbelief in the viewer, but that rests on the assumption that disbelief is problematic for viewership, and that we must find some way to “suspend” or “disconnect” it in order to allow for the entertainment of the fiction in its own terms.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Film Cheat \u003c\/i\u003eexplores forty-five aspects of the 'cheat,' analyzing classic films such as \u003ci\u003eSingin' in the Rain\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eChinatown\u003c\/i\u003e, to more contemporary films like \u003ci\u003eThe Revenant\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eBaby Driver\u003c\/i\u003e, with Pomerance engaging his encyclopedic knowledge of film history to point out numerous instances of suspensions of disbeliefs. Whether or not Gene Kelly is actually dancin' in the rain, or if Elliott is really flying on his bicycle carrying E.T., these cheats are what make movie magic.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eElegantly weaving the narrative for one to dip into at random or to read from cover to cover, Pomerance turns things upside down so that the audience actually finds pleasure in the cheat itself, pleasure in the disbelief. To see the elegant fake, the supremely accomplished simulacrum is a pleasure in its own right, indeed one of the fundamental pleasures of cinema.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eMurray Pomerance \u003c\/b\u003eis an independent scholar living in Toronto, Canada. He is the editor of the Techniques of the Moving Image series and the Horizons of Cinema series, and co-editor, with Lester D. Friedman and Adrienne L. McLean respectively, of the Screen Decades and Star Decades series. Pomerance has written, edited and co-edited several books, including \u003ci\u003eVirtuoso: Film Performance and the Actor's Magic\u003c\/i\u003e (2019), \u003ci\u003eA Dream of Hitchcock\u003c\/i\u003e (2019), \u003ci\u003eCinema, If You Please\u003c\/i\u003e (2018), \u003ci\u003eMoment of Action\u003c\/i\u003e (2016), \u003ci\u003eAlfred Hitchcock's America\u003c\/i\u003e (2013),\u003ci\u003e The Horse who Drank the Sky: Film Experience beyond Narrative and Theory\u003c\/i\u003e (2008), and two BFI Classics on\u003ci\u003e Marnie\u003c\/i\u003e (2014) and\u003ci\u003e The Man Who Knew Too Much\u003c\/i\u003e (2016).\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ctable\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublication Date: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e15 October 2020\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublisher: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eBloomsbury Academic\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eImprint: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eBloomsbury Academic\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eISBN-13: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e9781501364983\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eFormat: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePaperback softback\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePage Count: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e384\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eWeight (oz): \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e17.92\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e","brand":"Bloomsbury Academic","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51332945117324,"sku":"9781501364983","price":35.96,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0710\/9545\/1788\/files\/getimage_0649f4e1-4358-4d3c-88e9-28a14f4a9130.jpg?v=1783607507","url":"https:\/\/lateknightbooks.com\/products\/9781501364983","provider":"Late Knight Books and Services, LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}