Unlikely empathy: The process and effect of identification in listen

Mette Hjort

doi:10.1386/sfs.8.1.73_1

Unlikely empathy: The process and effect of identification in listen

Mette Hjort

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The close-up of the human face is regarded as an effective means of fostering audiences’ identification with characters. Listen effects an empathic involvement with a character whose face remains covered throughout. A creative experiment with identification, Listen yields insights that contribute to debates in the philosophy of film.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	73-77
Number of pages	5
Journal	Short Film Studies
Volume	8
Issue number	1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1386/sfs.8.1.73_1
Publication status	Published - Apr 2018

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aspectual identification
empathy
epistemic identification
global identification
sympathy
twinning

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