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MOVIES AND CONDUCT
vivid and skilful presentation of life, in which the screen excels, captures the imagination of the spectator and, by stimulating his impulses and weakening his power of self-discipline, makes him more susceptible to whatever tendencies to anti-social behaviour are dominant in his particular case.
It has been stated that the condition of emotional possession is usually short-lived and that the mind generally settles back into its former state after some time has elapsed, but the return is probably never quite complete.
Emotional Detachment
In cases of emotional possession the individual is, as it were, at the mercy of the picture. No part of his mind remains free to criticise what is happening to the rest of it, or to prevent him, from the outset, from allowing himself to be carried away by the appeal of what he is witnessing. There are, however, people who by one means or another have acquired an ability to approach a film with a certain awareness of what it sets out to do, and who are consequently less likely to succumb to its spell than is the more naive and unself-conscious person.
This attitude of emotional detachment is to be found consistently among the highly educated minority, who are accustomed to observing and analysing their own reactions, and who can, if they wish, submit to or reject the appeal of a film at will, and even while submitting are fully aware of the fact, and so immune from the consequences. There are, however, less subtle approaches to be found, which yet involve a certain resistance to obvious emotional attacks. These occur in people who are not necessarily of the intellectual class but who have a sophistication of outlook which makes them unwilling to be 'carried away' by a motion picture, particularly if it be of the sentimental kind. Such an attitude is often acquired because the individual observes that it is prevalent in his own social group, and his desire for conformity is apt to be stronger than his personal tastes, should these be contrary.
Another way in which a detached attitude to films may be acquired is through an accumulation of real-life experience which runs counter to the versions of reality portrayed on the screen. Or it can be created to a certain extent by instruction from parents or teachers who can point out that much of what is shown in films has little to do with reality and must not be taken too seriously. Similarly, increased knowledge of the technical aspects of film
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