Puzzle Films: Complex Storytelling in Contemporary Cinema

About this book

Drawing upon the expertise of film scholars from around the world Puzzle Films investigates a number of films that sport complex storytelling--from Memento Old Boy and Run Lola Run to the Infernal Affairs trilogy and In the Mood for Love. Unites American independent cinema the European and International Art film and certain modes of avant-garde filmmaking on the basis of their shared storytelling complexity Draws upon the expertise of film scholars from North America Britain China Poland Holland Italy Greece New Zealand and Australia