Forewords
Acknowledgments
Introduction: On Optical Allusion 1
1. Lexeme to Pixel: An Experiment in Narratography
The Golden Bowl The House of Mirth Citizen Kane
2. Trick Beginnings and the European Uncanny
Memento Insomnia Run Lola Run Three Colors: Blue
Three Colors: Red The Double Life of Veronique The Red Squirrel
Lovers of the Arctic Circle Time Regained Simon the Magician
Heaven Swimming Pool
3. Out of Body in Hollywood
The Matrix Dark City The Manchurian Candidate Abre Los Ojos
Vanilla Sky A.I. Artificial Intelligence The Sixth Sense The Others
Jacob’s Ladder Adaptation Identity One Hour Photo
4. Temportation
Paris Qui Dort Johnny Mnemonic Frequency He Loves Me, He Loves Me Not Donnie Darko The Thirteenth Floor Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind The Butterfly Effect 2001: A Space Odyssey Being John Malkovich
5. VR from Cimnemonics to Digitime
The Forgotten City of Lost Children<SPAN