Mondi incidenti. Una soluzione ontologica al paradosso del cortocircuito rappresentazionale nei film

If live-action fictions are photographic representations of theatrical representations, “collapsed seeing”, according to Robert Hopkins, is the experience of directly seeing in the films the narrated events, while overriding the theatrical representation. Collapsed seeing opens the door to a paradox...

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Main Author: Enrico Terrone
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Rosenberg & Sellier 2011-03-01
Series:Rivista di Estetica
Online Access:http://journals.openedition.org/estetica/1652
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spelling doaj-db289d5a81784be6927fdbaedfe7e0ce2020-11-25T01:51:42ZengRosenberg & SellierRivista di Estetica0035-62122421-58642011-03-014618319610.4000/estetica.1652Mondi incidenti. Una soluzione ontologica al paradosso del cortocircuito rappresentazionale nei filmEnrico TerroneIf live-action fictions are photographic representations of theatrical representations, “collapsed seeing”, according to Robert Hopkins, is the experience of directly seeing in the films the narrated events, while overriding the theatrical representation. Collapsed seeing opens the door to a paradox: on the one hand, we would experience live-action films as photographic records of narrated events, on the other hand, we know that it is impossible to access directly fictional events. The paradox can be solved if we consider these events as happening in an artefactual – and not simply a possible – world, with points of view as elements of its ontological structure.http://journals.openedition.org/estetica/1652
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title Mondi incidenti. Una soluzione ontologica al paradosso del cortocircuito rappresentazionale nei film
title_short Mondi incidenti. Una soluzione ontologica al paradosso del cortocircuito rappresentazionale nei film
title_full Mondi incidenti. Una soluzione ontologica al paradosso del cortocircuito rappresentazionale nei film
title_fullStr Mondi incidenti. Una soluzione ontologica al paradosso del cortocircuito rappresentazionale nei film
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description If live-action fictions are photographic representations of theatrical representations, “collapsed seeing”, according to Robert Hopkins, is the experience of directly seeing in the films the narrated events, while overriding the theatrical representation. Collapsed seeing opens the door to a paradox: on the one hand, we would experience live-action films as photographic records of narrated events, on the other hand, we know that it is impossible to access directly fictional events. The paradox can be solved if we consider these events as happening in an artefactual – and not simply a possible – world, with points of view as elements of its ontological structure.
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