Subjective Realist Cinema: From Expressionism to Inception

by Matthew Campora

Subjective Realist Cinema looks at the fragmented narratives and multiple realities of a wide range of films that depict subjective experience and employ “subjective realist” narration, including recent examples such as Mulholland Drive , Memento , and Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind . The author proposes that an understanding of the narrative structures of these films, particularly their use of mixed and multiple realities, enhances viewers’ enjoyment and comprehension of such films, and that such comprehension offers a key to understanding contemporary filmmaking.

160 pages, Library Binding

First published March 1, 2014

Reviews

[Bryan Norton · Rating 2 out of 5]

Really uncreative. Focuses more on the taxonomy of "Contemporary Cinema" (i.e. three films) than on doing anything interesting in terms of scholarship. Profoundly disappointing.