Seen and Not Seen
If movies and popular culture shape us from an early age, how do we separate the real from the imaginary?
If movies and popular culture shape us from an early age, how do we separate the real from the imaginary?
If movies and popular culture shape us from an early age, how do we separate the real from the imaginary?
History & criticism, Mental health, Personal memoirs
Popular culture mirrors the human soul and it can't lie about the state it is in—which is what makes it an essential guide on the quest for self-knowledge. Seen and Not Seen: Confessions of a Movie Autist is a series of autobiographical explorations which slowly uncover the author's secret life to himself. Revisiting his former writings on film and deconstructing old texts, he engages in a literary dialogue with his past as he struggles to bust open his fantasy life and reach the truth behind it. Moving into and through the cultural, social and political dimensions of movies, the book maps previously undiscovered psychological and spiritual realms of the movie-going experience to create an engaging, thought-provoking, utterly original narrative about the essential acts of movie-watching, writing, and self-examination.
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"Horsley's book is indeed a confession, full of the kind of frank talk one would expect in a tale touted as confessional. In fact, in places the book is jaw-dropping in its raw honesty and relentless self-critical insight. Here is a writer not the least interested in marrying his auteur self to a poseur self. . . . I would go so far as to say to everyone, but especially adolescents and young adults, that Horsley's book can serve well as "the bible" for how to navigate through the treacherous shoals of popular culture, particularly in the form of violent screen entertainment." ~ Gregory Desilet (author of Our Faith in Evil), Amazon