Puzzle Films
Complex Storytelling in Contemporary Cinema
Published on 11. February 2009
256 pages
978-1-4443-0571-5 (ISBN)
Description
Drawing upon the expertise of film scholars from around the world,Puzzle Films investigates a number of films that sportcomplex storytelling--from Memento, Old Boy, andRun Lola Run, to the Infernal Affairs trilogy andIn the Mood for Love.
* Unites American 'independent' cinema, the Europeanand International Art film, and certain modes of avant-gardefilmmaking on the basis of their shared storytellingcomplexity
* Draws upon the expertise of film scholars from North America,Britain, China, Poland, Holland, Italy, Greece, New Zealand, andAustralia
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"Barratt makes excellent use of graphics to help illustrate thestrategies employed by Shyamalan to prevent the first-time vieweranticipating the aforementioned twist . . . ultimately though,Buckland's collection does provide a thought-provoking study ofwhat has become an important genre in contemporary cinema." (ScopeBook Reviews, 1 February 2011) "A timely and insightful guide to some of the more complex andlabyrinthine currents in recent cinema, drawing on an admirablerange of examples from around the globe. Geoff King, Professorof Film and TV Studies, Brunel UniversityMore details
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Warren Buckland is Reader in Film Studies at Oxford Brookes University, UK. He is author of Directed by Steven Spielberg and The Cognitive Semiotics of Film, and co-author (with Thomas Elsaesser) of Studying Contemporary American Film.
Content
Introduction: Puzzle Plots: Warren Buckland.
1. The Mind-Game Film: Thomas Elsaesser.
2. Making Sense of Lost Highway: Warren Buckland.
3. "Twist Blindness:" The Role of Primacy, Priming,Schemas, and Reconstructive Memory in a First-Time Viewing ofThe Sixth Sense: Daniel Barratt.
4. Narrative Comprehension Made Difficult: Film Form andMnemonic Devices in Memento: Stefano Ghislotti.
5. "Frustrated Time" Narration: The Screenplays ofCharlie Kaufman: Chris Dzialo.
6. Backbeat and Overlap: Time, Place, and Character Subjectivityin Run Lola Run: Michael Wedel.
7. Infernal Affairs and the Ethics of Complex Narrative:Allan Cameron and Sean Cubitt.
8. Happy Together? Generic Hybridity in 2046 and Inthe Mood for Love: Gary Bettinson.
9. Revitalizing the Thriller Genre: Lou Ye's SuzhouRiver and Purple Butterfly: Yunda Eddie Feng.
10. The Pragmatic Poetics of Hong Sangsoo's The Day aPig Fell into a Well: Marshall Deutalbaum.
11. Looking for Access in Narrative Complexity. The New and theOld in Oldboy: Eleftheria Thanouli
