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Silent cinema explored themes of mesmerism, possession and corporate bodies that subsumed individual identities. At the same time, critics were accusing film itself of exerting a hypnotic influence over its audience. This book shows that this anxiety over being governed by an outside force was a pervasive concern of the period.Andriopoulos, Stefan is the author of 'Possessed: Hypnotic Crimes, Corporate Fiction, and the Invention of Cinema', published 2008 under ISBN 9780226020549 and ISBN 0226020541.
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