Seth Friedman 
Are You Watching Closely? [EPUB ebook] 
Cultural Paranoia, New Technologies, and the Contemporary Hollywood Misdirection Film

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Are You Watching Closely? is the first book to explore the recent spate of ‘misdirection films, ‘ a previously unidentified Hollywood 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.
Are You Watching Closely? shows how Hollywood’s effective strategies for these changing circumstances put it at the forefront of a storytelling trend that has increasingly become important across media. Through close analyses of how misdirection films have been designed, marketed, and received in relation to their contexts, Friedman demonstrates the ways in which they epitomize a kind of narrative experimentation that has become a crucial facet of twenty-first-century audiovisual storytelling.

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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

Sobre el autor

Seth Friedman is Associate Professor of Communication and Theatre and Director of Film Studies at De Pauw University.

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Idioma Inglés ● Formato EPUB ● Páginas 278 ● ISBN 9781438465920 ● Tamaño de archivo 4.5 MB ● Editorial State University of New York Press ● Publicado 2017 ● Descargable 24 meses ● Divisa EUR ● ID 7666248 ● Protección de copia Adobe DRM
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