Plantinga Publishes Book on Movies

Carl Plantinga, a communication arts and sciences professor who specializes in film studies, has written a book on the relationship between movies and audiences.

The book is titled "Moving Viewers: American Film and the Spectator's Experience." Plantinga says the book is about "the power of movies to make audiences cry, scream, laugh and sympathize with characters; to appeal to our senses of sight and hearing; and to reinforce or alter our beliefs and values."

The book has recently been released by the University of California Press. Plantinga also is co-editor of the recently published "Routledge Companion to Philosophy and Film," a 704-page, $190 reference work.

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Received on Wed May 13 15:02:19 2009