The fictional Christopher Nolan /
From Memento and Insomnia to the Batman films, The Prestige, and Inception, lies play a central role in every Christopher Nolan film. Characters in the films constantly find themselves deceived by others and are often caught up in a vast web of deceit that transcends any individual lies. The formal...
Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
Idioma: | Inglés |
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Austin :
University of Texas Press,
2012.
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Edición: | 1st ed. |
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Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Introduction: the ethics of the lie
- The snare of truth: Following and the perfect patsy
- Memento and the desire not to know
- The dirty cop: Insomnia and the art of detection
- The banal superhero: the politicized realism of Batman begins
- The violence of creation in The prestige
- The hero's form of appearance: the necessary darkness of The dark knight
- A plea for the abandonment of reality in Inception
- Conclusion: lying without consequence.