What I Saw at the Pictures.

Motion picture industry; Influence of motion pictures; Attitude change (Psychology); Disney characters; Doinel, Antoine (Fictional character); 400 Blows, The (Film); Cognitive dissonance; Twentieth century; History of the motion picture industry

The article focuses on the life and experiences of the author while watching the motion pictures and the consequent changes in the collective psychology of the world. Topics include the early works like Tom & Jerry and Disney cartoons, triumphant World War 2 movies and Abbot and Costello; the subliminal shaping of the vision through pro-American propaganda and cognitive dissonance; and the relativity of the Antoine Doinel from the movie The 400 Blows with the author's teenage.