The Fictional Christopher Nolan / / Todd McGowan.
From Memento and Insomnia to the Batman films, The Prestige, and Inception, lies play a central role in every Christopher Nolan film. Characters in the films constantly find themselves deceived by others and are often caught up in a vast web of deceit that transcends any individual lies. The formal...
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| Superior document: | Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter University of Texas Press eBook-Package Backlist 2000-2013 |
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| Place / Publishing House: | Austin : : University of Texas Press, , [2021] ©2012 |
| Year of Publication: | 2021 |
| Language: | English |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (232 p.) |
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Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- CONTENTS
- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
- INTRODUCTION The Ethics of the Lie
- CHAPTER 1 The Snare of Truth: Following and the Perfect Patsy
- CHAPTER 2 Memento and the Desire Not to Know
- CHAPTER 3 The Dirty Cop: Insomnia and the Art of Detection
- CHAPTER 4 The Banal Superhero: The Politicized Realism of Batman Begins
- CHAPTER 5 The Violence of Creation in The Prestige
- CHAPTER 6 The Hero’s Form of Appearance: The Necessary Darkness of The Dark Knight
- CHAPTER 7 A Plea for the Abandonment of Reality in Inception
- CONCLUSION Lying without Consequence
- NOTES
- BIBLIOGRAPHY
- INDEX