Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. CONTENTS v
3. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS vi
4. LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS vii
5. TRADITIONS IN WORLD CINEMA ix
6. INTRODUCTION 1
7. 1. AUTHORSHIP: WHIT STILLMAN’S ‘YUPPIE’ TRILOGY, FLIRT, ADAPTATION1 20
8. 2. NARRATIVE: THE SQUID AND THE WHALE, THE SAFETY OF OBJECTS, PALINDROMES 49
9. 3. MELODRAMA: THE LIFE AQUATIC WITH STEVE ZISSOU, THE ROYAL TENENBAUMS 76
10. 4. MUSIC: SIMPLE MEN, MAGNOLIA, GHOST WORLD 106
11. 5. SUBURBIA AND UTOPIA: HAPPINESS, YOUR FRIENDS AND NEIGHBORS, THE CHUMSCRUBBER, DONNIE DARKO 132
12. CONCLUSION 157
13. BIBLIOGRAPHY 166
14. INDEX 178