Fighting Triangles: Social Perception AKA The Heider-Simmel Illusion

Fighting Triangles: Social Perception AKA The Heider-Simmel Illusion

1944
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Overview

“In 1944, psychologists Fritz Heider and Marianne Simmel made a very short, animated film of moving shapes. This is purist cinema. Shapes are just moving around, but it is virtually impossible not to project judgements, desires and a storyline onto them. With such raw materials, the perceived narrative is not about the shapes, but a reflection of the viewer’s own psychology and memories. Scientists found that viewers construct their own individual interpretations of events; there is not one common narrative, but innumerable permutations—sometimes with imagined voices or sound effects.” - Brittany Gravely / Harvard Film Archive

Status: Released

Language: EN

Production Information

Production Countries
United States of America
Spoken Languages
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Quick Facts

Original Title Heider and Simmel
Release Date December 31, 1944
Status Released
Language EN

Cast

Key Crew

Fritz Heider
Director
Marianne Simmel
Director

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