Are You Watching Closely?
Cultural Paranoia, New Technologies, and the Contemporary Hollywood Misdirection Film
1st Edition
Published on 15. August 2017
278 pages
978-1-4384-6592-0 (ISBN)
Description
Identifies a new genre-misdirection films-and explains its appeal to contemporary producers and audiences.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Basel/Berlin/Boston
United States
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Edition type
Digital original
Product notice
Reflowable
Illustrations
Total Illustrations: 35
Total Illustrations: 35
ISBN-13
978-1-4384-6592-0 (9781438465920)
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Seth Friedman
Are You Watching Closely?
Cultural Paranoia, New Technologies, and the Contemporary Hollywood Misdirection Film
Book
07/2018
State University of New York Press
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Seth Friedman
Are You Watching Closely?
Cultural Paranoia, New Technologies, and the Contemporary Hollywood Misdirection Film
Book
09/2017
State University of New York Press
€96.00
Shipment within 10-20 days
Person
Seth Friedman is Associate Professor of Communication and Theatre and Director of Film Studies at DePauw University.
Content
List of Illustrations
Acknowledgments
Introduction
1. Retrospective Issues: The Discursive Approach to Genre and the Misdirection Film
2. The Truth Is Out There: Manufacturing Conspiratorial Narrative Coherence
3. Constructing the (Im)perfect Cover: Masculine Masquerade and Narrative Agency
4. Start Making Sense: Narrative Complexity, DVD, and Online Fandom
5. The Masters of Misdirection: Branding M. Night Shyamalan and Christopher Nolan
6. Genre Prestige: The Misdirection Film as Blockbuster and Middlebrow Art
Conclusion
Works Cited
Index
Acknowledgments
Introduction
1. Retrospective Issues: The Discursive Approach to Genre and the Misdirection Film
2. The Truth Is Out There: Manufacturing Conspiratorial Narrative Coherence
3. Constructing the (Im)perfect Cover: Masculine Masquerade and Narrative Agency
4. Start Making Sense: Narrative Complexity, DVD, and Online Fandom
5. The Masters of Misdirection: Branding M. Night Shyamalan and Christopher Nolan
6. Genre Prestige: The Misdirection Film as Blockbuster and Middlebrow Art
Conclusion
Works Cited
Index
