Are You Watching Closely?: Cultural Paranoia, New Technologies, and the Contemporary Hollywood Misdirection Film
Author:   Seth Friedman
Publisher:   State University of New York Press
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9781438465913


Pages:   278
Publication Date:   01 September 2017
Format:   Hardback
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Are You Watching Closely?: Cultural Paranoia, New Technologies, and the Contemporary Hollywood Misdirection Film


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Author:   Seth Friedman
Publisher:   State University of New York Press
Imprint:   State University of New York Press
Dimensions:   Width: 15.20cm , Height: 2.50cm , Length: 22.90cm
Weight:   0.494kg
ISBN:  

9781438465913


ISBN 10:   1438465912
Pages:   278
Publication Date:   01 September 2017
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print   Availability explained
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Table of Contents

List of Illustrations Acknowledgments Introduction 1. Retrospective Issues: The Discursive Approach to Genre and the Misdirection Film 2. The Truth Is Out There: Manufacturing Conspiratorial Narrative Coherence 3. Constructing the (Im)perfect Cover: Masculine Masquerade and Narrative Agency 4. Start Making Sense: Narrative Complexity, DVD, and Online Fandom 5. The Masters of Misdirection: Branding M. Night Shyamalan and Christopher Nolan 6. Genre Prestige: The Misdirection Film as Blockbuster and Middlebrow Art Conclusion Works Cited Index

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...a valuable contribution to any conversation about the cultural, technological, and industrial contexts of turn-of-the-century Hollywood. - Alphaville: Journal of Film and Screen Media


"""…a valuable contribution to any conversation about the cultural, technological, and industrial contexts of turn-of-the-century Hollywood."" — Alphaville: Journal of Film and Screen Media"


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Seth Friedman is Assistant Professor of Communication and Theatre at DePauw University.

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