Contents

pp v-vi

List of Illustrations

pp vii-viii

Acknowledgements

pp ix-ix

Dedication

pp x-x

Introduction

pp 1-12

Prospectus

pp 13-24

Part 1 - Confusion as Fusion: Metalepsis, Completeness and Coherence

pp 25-26

Chapter 1 - Metalepsis in Film and Its Implications

pp 27-38

Chapter 2 - Genres within Genres within Genres: Nested Narrative and Metalepsis

pp 39-50

Chapter 3 - ‘Disappeared where it’s real hard to disappear’: Three Ways of Getting Lost in INLAND EMPIRE

pp 51-68

Chapter 4 - Achieving Coherence: Diegesis and Death in Holy Motors

pp 69-88

Part 2 - Disorientating Figures and Figures of Disorientation

pp 89-90

Chapter 5 - Figuring (Out) Films: Figuration in Narrative Cinema

pp 91-104

Chapter 6 - Distinguishing the Indistinguishable: Figures of Imperceptibility and Impossibility in Lost Highway and Caché

pp 105-116

Chapter 7 - Homes for Displaced Figures: Pedro Costa’s Colossal Youth

pp 117-132

Chapter 8 - Sink or Swim: Immersing Ourselves in Jean-Luc Godard’s Adieu au langage

pp 133-152

Conclusion: Method-Free Orientation

pp 153-158

Appendix: Colossal Youth Scene Breakdown

pp 159-164

Notes

pp 165-180

Bibliography

pp 181-190

Filmography

pp 191-194

Index

pp 195-198