Why Movies Just Don't Feel "Real" Anymore
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Why don't movies feel "real" anymore? A deep dive into the first principles of movie immersion: on perceptual realism, indexicality, haptic visuality, and cinematic qualia.

0:00 Movies don't feel "real" anymore
1:40 Perceptual Realism
8:40 The "Cinematic Look"
12:50 Indexicality
15:50 Haptic Visuality
23:00 Cinematic Qualia
26:29 Contextual Intentionality

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