We've suspended the willing suspension of disbelief. We have given up that relationship, that almost hypnotic engagement, with the characters up on the screen.

It is now life and not art that requires the willing suspension of disbelief

What do you know? Haven't you heard of suspension of disbelief?

The more you can create that magic bubble, that suspension of disbelief, for a while, the better.

I think most Americans probably believe that our relationship with Japan began in 1941. In fact, obviously, it began in 1854 when Commodore Perry sailed into Yokohama harbor and threatened to burn it down unless they would open up to trade with us. The imperial impulse was first ours historically.

The stage is suspension of disbelief. Film is a literal medium.