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Cinematic Distractions
I argue that films, unlike other artforms, are particularly vulnerable to a phenomenon I call "cinematic distractions." By "cinematic distractions" I mean several related factors dealing with foreknowledge of the actors in the film, attitudes about the director, physical comfort or discomfort while watching the film, and a host of other features that distract viewers from the pure experience of watching a film. I argue that the experience of watching a film is one that is subject to a variety of factors that are non-aesthetic and yet influential. I believe these distractions lead to the formation of judgments that are based, at least in part, on the distractions themselves rather than the raw elements of the film. Thus, the experience of film-going is one that sometimes may involve a kind of non sequitur where judgments made about a film are based upon information that is not actually pertinent to the merit of the film itself.
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