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Puzzle Films: Complex Storytelling in Contemporary Cinema
Warren Buckland
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Description for Puzzle Films: Complex Storytelling in Contemporary Cinema
Paperback. Drawing upon the expertise of film scholars from around the world, Puzzle Films investigates a number of films that sport complex storytelling--from Memento , Old Boy , and Run Lola Run , to the Infernal Affairs trilogy and In the Mood for Love. Editor(s): Buckland, Warren. Num Pages: 256 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: APF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 154 x 16. Weight in Grams: 378.
Drawing upon the expertise of film scholars from around the world, Puzzle Films investigates a number of films that sport complex storytelling--from Memento, Old Boy, and Run Lola Run, to the Infernal Affairs trilogy and In the Mood for Love.
Drawing upon the expertise of film scholars from around the world, Puzzle Films investigates a number of films that sport complex storytelling--from Memento, Old Boy, and Run Lola Run, to the Infernal Affairs trilogy and In the Mood for Love.
- Unites American ‘independent’ cinema, the European and International Art film, and certain modes of avant-garde filmmaking on the basis of their shared storytelling complexity
- Draws upon the expertise of film scholars from North America, Britain, China, Poland, Holland, Italy, Greece, New Zealand, and Australia
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
Number of Pages
252
Place of Publication
Hoboken, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781405168625
SKU
V9781405168625
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99-50
About Warren Buckland
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.
Reviews for Puzzle Films: Complex Storytelling in Contemporary Cinema
"Barratt makes excellent use of graphics to help illustrate the strategies employed by Shyamalan to prevent the first-time viewer anticipating the aforementioned twist . . . ultimately though, Buckland's collection does provide a thought-provoking study of what has become an important genre in contemporary cinema." (Scope Book Reviews, 1 February 2011) "A timely and insightful ... Read more