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Movies have entranced me from a young age and have been a faithful companion throughout my life. The mystery and allure of the silver screen has been explained in a myriad of ways to justify why the visual medium from the Hollywood blockbuster to the Sundance auteur film have a developed and committed following. Film theorists cite reasons like escapism, empathetic catharsis through emotional practicing, and shared storytelling to describe the motivations of film-going audiences (Barsam Pramaggiore Truby, 2008). Physically, the process of viewing film is the result of encountering images projected onto a screen which diffusely reflects both the light and the shadow projected on to them. The projection of shadow and light, inherently affirmed in the reality of being human, makes film a vital mirror for hu
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