{"product_id":"the-fictional-christopher-nolan-todd-mcgowan-9780292756786","title":"The Fictional Christopher Nolan","description":"\u003cp\u003eFrom \u003ci\u003eMemento\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eInsomnia\u003c\/i\u003e to the Batman films, \u003ci\u003eThe Prestige\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eInception\u003c\/i\u003e, 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 structure of a typical Nolan film deceives spectators about the events that occur and the motivations of the characters. While Nolan's films do not abandon the idea of truth altogether, they show us how truth must emerge out of the lie if it is not to lead us entirely astray.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Fictional Christopher Nolan\u003c\/i\u003e discovers in Nolan's films an exploration of the role that fiction plays in leading to truth. Through close readings of all the films through \u003ci\u003eInception\u003c\/i\u003e, Todd McGowan demonstrates that the fiction or the lie comes before the truth, and this priority forces us to reassess our ways of thinking about the nature of truth. Indeed, McGowan argues that Nolan's films reveal the ethical and political importance of creating fictions and even of lying. While other filmmakers have tried to discover truth through the cinema, Nolan is the first filmmaker to devote himself entirely to the fictionality of the medium, and McGowan discloses how Nolan uses its tendency to deceive as the basis for a new kind of philosophical filmmaking. He shows how Nolan's insistence on the priority of the fiction aligns his films with Hegel's philosophy and understands Nolan as a thoroughly Hegelian filmmaker.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Todd McGowan\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 029275678X\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780292756786\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Texas Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/01\/2012\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 232\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.77lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.53d","brand":"Todd McGowan","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43987274989823,"sku":"9780292756786","price":25.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_2868821d-0db7-490f-becf-37ef285ddd49.jpg?v=1683288008","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-fictional-christopher-nolan-todd-mcgowan-9780292756786","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}