{"product_id":"puzzle-films-complex-storytelling-in-contemporary-cinema-paperback","title":"Puzzle Films: Complex Storytelling in Contemporary Cinema - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eWarren Buckland\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDrawing upon the expertise of film scholars from around the world, \u003ci\u003ePuzzle Films\u003c\/i\u003e investigates a number of films that sport complex storytelling--from \u003ci\u003eMemento\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eOld Boy\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eRun Lola Run\u003c\/i\u003e, to the \u003ci\u003eInfernal Affairs\u003c\/i\u003e trilogy and \u003ci\u003eIn the Mood for Love\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003eUnites American 'independent' cinema, the European and International Art film, and certain modes of avant-garde filmmaking on the basis of their shared storytelling complexity\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eDraws upon the expertise of film scholars from North America, Britain, China, Poland, Holland, Italy, Greece, New Zealand, and Australia\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e\u003ch3\u003eBack Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003ePuzzle Films\u003c\/i\u003e examines the influence of a new storytelling epoch on contemporary world cinema. Identifying and analyzing films that reject classical storytelling techniques and instead embrace nonlinearity, time loops, and fragmented spatio-temporal reality as their narrative form, these films blur the boundaries between different levels of reality, are riddled with gaps, deception, labyrinthine structures, unreliable narrators, and overt coincidences. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDrawing upon the expertise of film scholars from around the world, this edited collectioninvestigates 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.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAt a time when many a film is asking more--not less--of fans and cineastes, \u003ci\u003ePuzzle Films\u003c\/i\u003e will help viewers keep pace with a form of narration that captures the anxiety and ambiguity of our time.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eWarren Buckland\u003c\/b\u003e is Reader in Film Studies at Oxford Brookes University, UK. He is author of \u003ci\u003eDirected by Steven Spielberg\u003c\/i\u003e and The Cognitive Semiotics of Film, and co-author (with Thomas Elsaesser) of \u003ci\u003eStudying Contemporary American Film\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 252\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.6 x 8.9 x 5.9 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e February 01, 2009\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42119602110599,"sku":"9781405168625","price":113.31,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0601\/2623\/2711\/files\/90e952aaeb163592d2bb3e27b2d22bd3.webp?v=1732541967","url":"https:\/\/booksby.splitshops.com\/products\/puzzle-films-complex-storytelling-in-contemporary-cinema-paperback","provider":"Books by splitShops","version":"1.0","type":"link"}