Are you watching closely? cultural paranoia, new technologies, and the contemporary Hollywood misdirection film
Retrospective issues: the discursive approach to genre and the misdirection film -- The truth is out there: manufacturing conspiratorial narrative coherence -- Constructing the (im)perfect cover: masculine masquerade and narrative agency -- Start making sense: narrative complexity, DVD, and online f...
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| Sprache: | eng |
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Albany
SUNY Press
2017
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| Schriftenreihe: | The SUNY Series, Horizons Of Cinema
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Tag hinzufügen | Zusammenfassung: | Retrospective issues: the discursive approach to genre and the misdirection film -- The truth is out there: manufacturing conspiratorial narrative coherence -- Constructing the (im)perfect cover: masculine masquerade and narrative agency -- Start making sense: narrative complexity, DVD, and online fandom -- The masters of misdirection: branding M. Night Shyamalan and Christopher Nolan -- Genre prestige: the misdirection film as blockbuster and middlebrow art -- Conclusion "Seth Friedman explores the recent spate of 'misdirection films, ' a genre characterized by narratives that inspire viewers to reinterpret them retrospectively. Since 1990, Hollywood has backed more of these films than ever before, many of which, including The Sixth Sense (1999), A Beautiful Mind (2001), and Inception (2010), were both commercial and critical successes. Seth Friedman examines this genre in its sociocultural, industrial, and technological contexts to explain why it has become more attractive to producers and audiences. The recent popularity of misdirection films, Friedman argues, is linked to new technologies that enable repeat viewings and online discussion, which makes it enticing to an industry that depends increasingly on the aftermarket, as well as to historically specific cultural developments. That is, in addition to being well suited for shifting industrial and technological conditions, these films are appealing because they suggest that it remains possible to know what "actually" occurred and who was "really" responsible for events at a time when it is also becoming increasingly recognized that "truth" is relative."--Provided by the publisher |
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| Beschreibung: | xiv, 264 Seiten Illustrationen 24 cm |
| ISBN: | 9781438465913 978-1-4384-6591-3 |