Monday, May 13, 2013

Desiring-Machines in American Cinema


In the article “Desiring-Machines in American Cinema“ the author Jan Alan Paul focuses on the film Inception in order to explain the theme change in 21st-century films. The audience is not only interested in movies dealing with the question of reality and its possible manipulation, but also personally affected by these topics.

In the author’s opinion, people are fascinated by the content of films like Inception because they question reality and induce the audience to think in new dimensions and broaden their horizons. This is an interesting idea which can be transferred to other kinds of new media as well. Video games can foster this theme too and might affect the user on an even more personal level. If a person becomes a character like in Inception, he/she will experience a new reality.

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