Cinema of Choice : : Optional Thinking and Narrative Movies / / Nitzan Ben Shaul.
Standard Hollywood narrative movies prescribe linear narratives that cue the viewer to expect predictable outcomes and adopt a closed state of mind. There are, however, a small number of movies that, through the presentation of alternate narrative paths, open the mind to thoughts of choice and possi...
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Place / Publishing House: | New York; , Oxford : : Berghahn Books, , [2012] ©2012 |
Year of Publication: | 2012 |
Language: | English |
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Physical Description: | 1 online resource (198 p.) |
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Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- 1 Introduction
- 2 Closed Mindedness in Movies
- 3 Failed Alternatives to Optional Thinking
- 4 Optional Thinking in Movies
- 5 Conclusion
- Filmography
- Bibliography
- Index