Me Vs. Us

Download or read book Me Vs. Us written by Michael D. Stein and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2022 with total page 177 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Film-makers understand the distinction between individuals and groups. When they shoot a character in a coma, or receiving a bone marrow transplant, they know the viewer is thinking: she could be me. When they sweep across the debris of a village where an earthquake has killed thousands, they know the viewer, thinking on a different scale, may be moved and disturbed, but without any route for self-identification will be less riveted. For filmmakers, our collective reality is most comprehensible through individual life stories rather than large groups"--