Bigger Than LifeIn Bigger Than Life Mary Ann Doane examines how the scalar operations of cinema, especially those of the close up, disturb and reconfigure the spectator's sense of place, space, and orientation. Doane traces the history of scalar transformations from early cinema to the contemporary use of digital technology. In the early years of cinema, audiences regarded the monumental close up, particularly of the face, as grotesque and often horrifying, even as