Puzzle films : complex storytelling in contemporary cinema / edited by Warren Buckland.
| Other author | Buckland, Warren. |
| Format | Book |
| Publication Info | Chichester, West Sussex, U.K. ; Malden, MA : Wiley-Blackwell, 2009. |
| Description | ix, 241 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm |
| Subjects |
| Contents | Introduction: Puzzle plots / Warren Buckland -- The mind-game film / Thomas Elsaesser -- Making sense of Lost Highway / Warren Buckland -- "Twist blindness" : the role of primacy, priming, schemas, and reconstructive memory in a first-time viewing of The Sixth Sense / Daniel Barratt -- Narrative comprehension made difficult : film form and mnemonic devices in Memento / Stefano Ghislotti -- "Frustrated time" narration : the screenplays of Charlie Kaufman / Chris Dzialo -- Backbeat and overlap : time, place, and character subjectivity in Run Lola Run / Michael Wedel -- Infernal Affairs and the ethics of complex narrative / Allan Cameron and Sean Cubitt -- Happy together? : generic hybridity in 2046 and In the Mood for Love / Gary Bettinson -- Revitalizing the thriller genre : Lou Ye's Suzhou River and Purple Butterfly / Yunda Eddie Feng -- The pragmatic poetics of Hong Sangsoo's The Day a Pig Fell into a Well / Marshall Deutelbaum -- Looking for access in narrative complexity : the new and the old in Oldboy / Eleftheria Thanouli. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| LCCN | 2008040233 |
| ISBN | 9781405168618 (hardcover : alk. paper) |
| ISBN | 1405168617 (hardcover : alk. paper) |
| ISBN | 9781405168625 (pbk. : alk. paper) |
| ISBN | 1405168625 (pbk. : alk. paper) |
Availability
| Library | Location | Call Number | Status | Item Actions |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Joyner | General Stacks | PN 1995 .P89 2009 | ✔ Available | Place Hold |