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OverviewFull Product DetailsAuthor: Miklós Kiss , Steven WillemsenPublisher: Edinburgh University Press Imprint: Edinburgh University Press Dimensions: Width: 15.60cm , Height: 2.30cm , Length: 23.40cm Weight: 0.507kg ISBN: 9781474406727ISBN 10: 1474406726 Pages: 192 Publication Date: 31 December 2016 Audience: General/trade , General Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In Print  This item will be ordered in for you from one of our suppliers. Upon receipt, we will promptly dispatch it out to you. For in store availability, please contact us. Table of ContentsReviews"""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."" -- Professor Marina Grishakova, University of Tartu" 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. -- Professor Marina Grishakova, University of Tartu Impossible Puzzle Films is a dense, probing, truly enlightening study of a salient trend within world cinema. Kiss and Willemsen offer an enriching perspective on cinema's cognitive and affective power, its capacity to beguile, bewilder, and delight. --Gary Bettinson The Year's Work in Critical and Cultural Theory 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. -- Professor Marina Grishakova, University of Tartu Author InformationMiklós 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. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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