immersive

[Dan Goncharoff]

Sorry, I thought you were referring to the technical meaning.

I still disagree with your description of the recent use of immersive as
meaning "riveting". I read as a style of movie making that focuses on
intimate details. You see that in the movie review you linked to, as well
as in the many uses of the word with respect to Zero Dark Thirty.

I did find an older usage in a blog post that corresponds to your
description, but I don't think that is a common usage:

http://forums.philosophyforums.com/threads/list-of-strange-and-immersive-movies-20751.html
Movies with scenes that raise shivers up your spine, thought provoking
films, complex plots, amazing direction, anything you feel is an immersive
experience.


DanG


On Sun, Mar 17, 2013 at 9:54 AM, Jonathan Lighter <wuxxmupp2000 at gmail.com>wrote:

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> The technical sense presumably came first, but here it means "thoroughly
> absorbing." Anything more would be distracting and gratuitous.
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> Try this for size:
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> http://www.moviemail.com/blog/cinema-reviews/1009-Elena-immersive-filmmaking-from-the-director-of-The-Return/
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> http://www.moviemail.com/blog/cinema-reviews/1009-Elena-immersive-filmmaking-from-the-director-of-The-Return/
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> Come to think of it, the word may have started its comeback long ago in
> connection with "full-immersion" language teaching.
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> JL
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> On Sun, Mar 17, 2013 at 9:42 AM, Dan Goncharoff <thegonch at gmail.com>
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> > On Sun, Mar 17, 2013 at 9:21 AM, Jonathan Lighter <
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> > > immersive
> >
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> > I have seen the word defined in many places, like this:
> >
> > adjective
> > noting or pertaining to digital technology or images that deeply involve
> > one's senses and may create an altered mental state: immersivemedia;
> > immersive 3-D environments.
> >
> > *http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/immersive*
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> > *
> > This is very different from your definition, and I think it conforms
> better
> > to its use.
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