Thematic Section
Between the mind and the senses: Jean Mitry’s approach to cinematic consciousness: Toward an idea of the virtual image in the cinema (I)
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Keywords
- Mitry
- Husserl
- Mental state
- Projection
- Imagination
Abstract
Representing altered states of consciousness, even through the most phantasmal of technical images, is an inherent contradiction; once we attribute a physical body, i.e. objectivity, to mental images, we deny what Husserl considers their very essence. Jean Mitry draws from this assumption when discussing filmic access to mental states from a phenomenological perspective. The following essay reconsiders Mitry’s contribution with specific reference to the role of projection, technically and metaphorically speaking, in the cinematic technique and imagination; this, with the intention of suggesting some crucial questions for the comparison between the filmic forms of the visible and those inaugurated by the technology of the virtual.
Published
16 May 2022