{"product_id":"the-fictional-christopher-nolan-9780292737822","title":"The Fictional Christopher Nolan","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWith close readings of Memento, Insomnia, Batman Begins, The Prestige, The Dark Knight, and Inception, this theoretically sophisticated study explores how Christopher Nolan has developed a politically engaged filmmaking that makes explicit use of cinema’s tendency toward the lie.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Unassumingly brilliant and surgically incisive...\" Psychoanalysis, Culture, and Society\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAcknowledgments\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eIntroduction: The Ethics of the Lie\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChapter 1. The Snare of Truth: \u003ci\u003eFollowing\u003c\/i\u003e and the Perfect Patsy\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChapter 2. \u003ci\u003eMemento\u003c\/i\u003e and the Desire Not to Know\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChapter 3. The Dirty Cop: \u003ci\u003eInsomnia\u003c\/i\u003e and the Art of Detection\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChapter 4. The Banal Superhero: The Politicized Realism of \u003ci\u003eBatman Begins\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChapter 5. The Violence of Creation in \u003ci\u003eThe Prestige\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChapter 6. The Hero’s Form of Appearance: The Necessary Darkness of \u003ci\u003eThe Dark Knight\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChapter 7. A Plea for the Abandonment of Reality in \u003ci\u003eInception\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eConclusion: Lying without Consequence\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eNotes\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBibliography\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eIndex\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"MU - University of Texas Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51742240571735,"sku":"9780292737822","price":40.5,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780292737822.jpg?v=1758383659","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/the-fictional-christopher-nolan-9780292737822","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}