Includes bibliographical references (pages 215-218) and index.
Contents
Narrative and narration : some rudiments -- Le grand imagier steps out : on the primitive basis of film narration -- The imagined seeing thesis -- Le grand imagier in review -- Elusive narrators in literature -- Elusive narrators in film -- Transparency and twist in narrative fiction film -- Transfiguration and self-conscious narration : on Von Sternberg's last films with Dietrich -- Love and bullshit in Santa Rosa : pastiche in The man who wasn't there.
Summary
What happens when we view a movie? Do we actually see the fiction, and if so how? Literary fiction is recounted by a voice of some sort, the narrator. Wilson explores the strategies of cinematic narration, and argues that this prompts viewers to imagine seeing and hearing events in the fictional world.
