The Tactile Eye: Touch and the Cinematic Experience

List of Illustrations Acknowledgments Introduction: Eye Contact Tactility Film's Body Moving Pictures Touch and Go 1. Skin Textural Analysis Film's Skin Eroticism Pleasure Horror History Mon Amour 2. Musculature Through a Glass Deftly Empathy Here and There A Tenuous Grasp Apprehension 3. Viscera Heart-stopping Hiccups La Petite Mort Child's Play Conclusion: Inspiration Breathtaking The Wind in the Trees Everywhere and Always The Big Swallow Notes Bibliography Index