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Examines disorientation and confusion, and their theoretical implications, in contemporary narrative film.
Introduction -- Prospectus -- Part 1: Confusion as fusion: metalepsis, completeness and coherence. Metalepsis in film and its implications ; Genres within genres within genres: nested narrative and metalepsis ; 'Disappeared where it's real hard to disappear': three ways of getting lost in Inland Empire ; Achieving coherence: diegesis and death in Holy Motors -- Part 2: Disorientating figures and figures of disorientation. Figuring (out) films: figuration in narrative cinema ; Distinguishing the indistinguishable: figures of imperceptibility and impossibility in Lost Highway and Caché ; Homes for displaced figures: Pedro Costa's Colossal Youth ; Sink or swim: immersing ourselves in Jean-Luc Godard's Adieu au Langage -- Conclusion: Method-free orientation -- Appendix: Colossal Youth scene breakdown.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 181-189), filmography (pages 191-193), and index.