{"product_id":"the-film-cheat-murray-pomerance-9781501364983","title":"The Film Cheat: Screen Artifice and Viewing Pleasure","description":"\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. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Murray Pomerance\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1501364987\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781501364983\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Bloomsbury Academic\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/15\/2020\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 384\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.35lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.90h x 6.00w x 1.00d","brand":"Murray Pomerance","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48485473091839,"sku":"9781501364983","price":39.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_88d4f225-ad72-4162-8bc0-4de80669d4e4.jpg?v=1778049708","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-film-cheat-murray-pomerance-9781501364983","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}