Intro -- Title page -- Copyright -- Contents -- List of Illustrations -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction -- Prospectus -- PART 1. CONFUSION AS FUSION. 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 EMPI -- 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 Los -- 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 -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Filmography -- Index
Summary
Examines disorientation and confusion, and their theoretical implications, in contemporary narrative film
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes
Online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on September 30, 2020)
