The Cinema of Disorientation : : Inviting Confusions / / Dominic Lash.

Examines disorientation and confusion, and their theoretical implications, in contemporary narrative filmExplores the relationship between orientation and disorientation for the film viewerDefends a flexible and responsive form of criticism that is not without method but that tailors its method to t...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Edinburgh University Press Complete eBook-Package 2020
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Place / Publishing House:Edinburgh : : Edinburgh University Press, , [2022]
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Year of Publication:2022
Language:English
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Physical Description:1 online resource (208 p.) :; 30 B/W illustrations
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • List of Illustrations
  • Acknowledgements
  • Introduction
  • Prospectus
  • Part 1: Confusion as Fusion: Metalepsis, Completeness and Coherence
  • Chapter 1: Metalepsis in Film and Its Implications
  • Chapter 2: Genres within Genres within Genres: Nested Narrative and Metalepsis
  • Chapter 3: ‘Disappeared where it’s real hard to disappear’: Three Ways of Getting Lost in INLAND EMPIRE
  • Chapter 4: Achieving Coherence: Diegesis and Death in Holy Motors
  • Part 2: Disorientating Figures and Figures of Disorientation
  • Chapter 5: Figuring (Out) Films: Figuration in Narrative Cinema
  • Chapter 6: Distinguishing the Indistinguishable: Figures of Imperceptibility and Impossibility in Lost Highway and Caché
  • Chapter 7: Homes for Displaced Figures: Pedro Costa’s Colossal Youth
  • Chapter 8: Sink or Swim: Immersing Ourselves in Jean-Luc Godard’s Adieu au langage
  • Conclusion: Method-Free Orientation
  • Appendix: Colossal Youth Scene Breakdown
  • Notes
  • Bibliography
  • Filmography
  • Index