Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. CONTENTS iii
3. List of Illustrations v
4. Acknowledgements vi
5. Foreword The Uncertainty Principle vii
6. 1 The Rise of Hyper-Modern Film 1
7. 2 Hollywood and the Politics of Virtual Spectacle 20
8. 3 The Cold War and the Cinema of Wonder 50
9. 4 Conspiracy Theory: JFK and the Nightmare on Elm Street Revisited 82
10. 5 The Art of Identity: Greenaway, Jarman, Jordan 107
11. 6 The Revival of the Cinematic City 136
12. 7 French or American? The Time-Image in the 1990s 155
13. Endnotes 178
14. Select Bibliography 189
15. Index 193