[eBook Code] Thinking about Movies (eBook Code, 4th)

List of Figures ix

How to Use This Book xvi

Acknowledgments xix

About the Companion Blog xxi

1 Introduction 1

Fatal Attraction and Scarface

2 Narrative Structure 27

Jurassic Park and Rashomon

3 Formal Analysis 61

Rules of the Game and The Sixth Sense

4 Authorship 87

The Searchers and Jungle Fever

5 Genres 111

Sin City and Gunfight at the OK Corral

6 Series, Sequels, and Remakes 141

Goldfinger and King Kong (1933 and 2005)

7 Actors and Stars 171

Morocco and Dirty Harry

8 Audiences and Reception 197

A Woman of Paris and The Crying Game

9 Film and the Other Arts 222

Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1933) and The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (2011)

10 Film and its Relation to Radio and Television 257

Richard Diamond, Private Detective; Peter Gunn; Victor/Victoria; 24; and Homeland

11 Realism and Theories of Film 296

The Battleship Potemkin and Umberto D

12 Gender and Sexuality 317

The Silence of the Lambs and American Gigolo

13 Race 341

Out of the Past, LA Confidential, and Boyz N the Hood

14 Class 371

Pretty Woman and The People Under the Stairs

15 Citizen Kane: An Analysis 396

Citizen Kane

16 Current Trends: Globalization and China, 3D, IMAX, Internet TV 419

Glossary 441

Index 446