Projecting Illusion offers a systematic analysis of the impression of
reality in the cinema and the pleasure it provides the film spectator.
Film affords an especially compelling aesthetic experience that can be
considered as a form of illusion akin to the experience of daydream and
dream. Examining the concept of illusion and its relationship to fantasy
in the experience of visual representation, Richard Allen situates his
explanation within the context of an analytical criticism of
contemporary film theory.