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Kiss, Miklós; Willemsen, Steven

 
9781474431972: Impossible Puzzle Films: A Cognitive Approach to Contemporary Complex Cinema
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ISBN 10: 1474431976 ISBN 13: 9781474431972
Editorial: Edinburgh University Press, 2018

Sinopsis

Narrative complexity is a trend in contemporary cinema. Since the late 1990s there has been a palpable increase in complex storytelling in movies. But how and why do complex movies create perplexity and confusion? How do we engage with these challenges? And what makes complex stories so attractive? By blending film studies, narrative theory and cognitive sciences, Kiss and Wilemsen look into the relation between complex storytelling and the mind. Analysing the effects that different complex narratives have on viewers, the book addresses how films like 'Donnie Darko', 'Mulholland Drive' and 'Primer' strategically create complexity and confusion, using the specific category of the impossible puzzle film to examine movies that use baffling paradoxes, impossible loops, and unresolved ambiguities in their stories and storytelling. By looking at how these films play on our mind's blind spots, this innovative book explains their viewing effects in terms of the mental state of cognitive dissonance that they evoke.

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Miklós Kiss is Assistant Professor in Film and Media Studies at the University of Groningen, the Netherlands. His research focuses on contemporary audiovisual media, intersecting the fields of narrative and cognitive film theories.

Steven Willemsen is a PhD-candidate and Junior Lecturer in Film Studies at the University of Groningen, the Netherlands. His research addresses the topic of story complexity from embodied-cognitive and narratological perspectives.

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‘Kiss and Willemsen’s book is an important step forward in the study of cinematic complexity. It offers a thorough analysis of complex storytelling techniques with a special focus on the “impossible puzzle films”, reveals the cognitive effects and challenges they evoke, and explores the reasons why viewers find them fascinating.’Marina Grishakova, Institute of Cultural Research and Arts, University of TartuNarrative complexity is a trend in contemporary cinema. Since the late 1990s there has been a palpable increase in complex storytelling in movies. But how and why do complex movies create perplexity and confusion? How do we engage with these challenges? And what makes complex stories so attractive? By blending film studies, narrative theory and cognitive sciences, Miklós Kiss and Steven Willemsen look into the relation between complex storytelling and the mind. Analysing the effects that different complex narratives have on viewers, this book addresses how films like Donnie Darko, Mulholland Drive and Primer strategically create complexity and confusion. Using the specific category of the impossible puzzle film, it examines movies that use baffling paradoxes, impossible loops and unresolved ambiguities in their stories and storytelling. By looking at how these films play on our mind’s blind spots, this innovative volume explains their viewing effects in terms of the mental state of cognitive dissonance that they evoke.Miklós Kiss is Assistant Professor in Film and Media Studies and Steven Willemsen is a PhD candidate and Junior Lecturer in Film Studies, both at the University of Groningen, The Netherlands.Cover image: Naomi Watts in Mulholland Drive, David Lynch, 2001 © Melissa Moseley/Universal Focus/PhotofestCover design concept by Anne-Nynke Knol[EUP logo]edinburghuniversitypress.comISBN 978-1-4744-0672-7Barcode

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Editorial
Edinburgh University Press
Año de publicación
2018
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ISBN 10 
1474431976
ISBN 13 
9781474431972
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Número de páginas
240
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