Puzzle Films: Complex Storytelling in Contemporary Cinema

by Warren Buckland

Drawing upon the expertise of film scholars from around the world, Puzzle Films investigates a number of films that sport complex storytelling--from Memento , Old Boy , and Run Lola Run , to the Infernal Affairs trilogy and In the Mood for Love . Unites American 'independent' cinema, the European and International Art film, and certain modes of avant-garde filmmaking on the basis of their shared storytelling complexity Draws upon the expertise of film scholars from North America, Britain, China, Poland, Holland, Italy, Greece, New Zealand, and Australia

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1405168625
• ISBN13: 9781405168625
• Release Date: January 2009
• Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell
• Length: 252 Pages
• Weight: 0.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.9" x 8.9"