<i>Willing Suspension of Disbelief </i> is impeccably reserached, the author excelling at synthesizing relevant literature . . . The book emerges as a useful work that raises intriguing questions and research possibilities about the nature and function of viewer imagination. It will appeal to readers interested in how audiences experience film and how that process gives film its meaning and import.

Journal of Film and Video

We in academia tend to put a great deal of energy into putting up walls between one methodology and the next. Tony Ferri exposes the futility of that endeavor in this delightfully eclectic examination of the WILLING SUSPENSION OF DISBELIEF. By closely examining this single concept from a variety of perspectives, he lets his reader experience scholarly analysis at its most liberating and joyful.

- Brad Chisholm, Professor of Film Studies, St. Cloud State University,