{"product_id":"impossible-puzzle-films-miklzes-kiss-9781474406727","title":"Impossible Puzzle Films: A Cognitive Approach to Contemporary Complex Cinema","description":"\u003cp\u003eNarrative 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\u003ci\u003e Donnie Darko, Mulholland\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eDrive\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003ePrimer\u003c\/i\u003e 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Miklós Kiss,Steven Willemsen\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1474406726\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781474406727\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Edinburgh University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 12\/09\/2016\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 240\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.27lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.40h x 6.20w x 0.90d","brand":"Miklós Kiss","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":48088346624255,"sku":"9781474406727","price":130.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_f2ab4a81-9938-414d-bd46-1a832073d261.jpg?v=1769104350","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/impossible-puzzle-films-miklzes-kiss-9781474406727","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}