CONTENTS

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. CONTENTS vii
3. ACKNOWLEDGMENTS ix
4. Introduction 1
5. Chapter 1. Reel Presence, Sacrifice, and the Cinema 19
6. Chapter 2. Unhinged Heroes and Alpha Traumas 43
7. Chapter 3. Free falls in the 1990s 79
8. Chapter 4. Remakes, Resurrections, and Sacrificial Returns 120
9. Epilogue. Big-Screen Memories 161
10. NOTES 167
11. SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY 207
12. INDEX 211