Introduction: ambiguity, ontological pluralism, and cognitive dissonance in the Hollywood puzzle film / Warren Buckland
Narratology and systems theory. Complex narratives / Jan Simons
Puzzled Hollywood and the return of complex films / Maria Poulaki
Inception, the archetypal Hollywood puzzle film. Unravelling the puzzle of inception / Geoff King
"Show, don't tell": considering the utility of diagrams as a tool for understanding complex narratives / Elliot Panek
"Pain is in the mind": dream narrative in Inception and Shutter Island / Paolo Russo
Modular spacetime in the "intelligent" blockbuster: Inception and Source code / Allan Cameron and Richard Misek
Complexity and simplicity in Inception and Five dedicated to ozu / William Brown
The science fiction Hollywood puzzle film / Philip K Dick, the mind-game film, and retroactive causality / Thomas Elsaesser
Fourth dimensions, seventh senses: the work of mind-gaming in the age of electronic reproduction / Garrett Stewart
Source code's video game logic / Warren Buckland
The image of time in post-classical Hollywood: Donnie Darko and Southland tales / Bruce Isaacs
The drama Hollywood puzzle film. Re-viewing vantage point / Paul Cobley
The butterfly effect upon its spectator / Edward Branigan
Solving suicide: facing the complexity of The hours / Lucy Bolton
Knowledge and narrativity in premonition and The lake house / Gary Bettinson.
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Hollywood puzzle films. ISBN 9780415622462. Published by Routledge in 2014. Publication and catalogue information, links to buy online and reader comments.
