Examines disorientation and confusion, and their theoretical implications, in contemporary narrative film Explores the relationship between orientation and disorientation for the film viewer Defends a flexible and responsive form of criticism that is not without method but that tailors its method to the demands of the film in question Outlines the history and theory of the rhetorical figure of metalepsis and of the concept of figuration, both of which suggest many possibilities for further research in film Critically discusses a very wide range of texts in film criticism, film theory,...