Friedman, Seth, 1976-

Are you watching closely? : cultural paranoia, new technologies, and the contemporary Hollywood misdirection film / by Seth Friedman. - Albany : State University of New York Press, (c)2017. - 1 online resource. - SUNY series, horizons of cinema .

Includes bibliographies and index.

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.



9781438465920

2016056195


Motion pictures--Philosophy.
Space and time in motion pictures.
Narration (Rhetoric)


Electronic Books.

PN1995 / .A749 2017