Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. Acknowledgements vii
4. Introduction: the Critical Context 1
5. 1. Close Encounters of the Third Kind: tripping the light fantastic 8
6. 2. Duel: the descent of Mann 20
7. 3. The Sugarland Express : a light comedy? 32
8. 4. Jaws: searching the depths 43
9. 5. 1941: war on Hollywood 62
10. 6. Raiders of the Lost Ark: lights, camera, action 73
11. 7. E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial: turn on your love light 84
12. 8. Twilight Zone: The Movie: magic lantern man overshadowed 95
13. 9. Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom: anything goes 102
14. 10. The Color Purple: sisters and brothers 113
15. 11. Empire of the Sun: shanghai showmanship 135
16. 12. Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade: cut to the chase 149
17. 13. Always: light my fire 159
18. 14. Hook: an awfully big Pan(a)vision adventure 176
19. 15. Jurassic Park: another monster hit 192
20. 16. Schindler’s List: darkness visible 214
21. 17. The Lost World: Jurassic Park: more digital manipulation 239
22. 18. Amistad: black and white in colour 251
23. 19. Saving Private Ryan: Hollywood on war 270
24. 20. A.I. Artificial Intelligence: eyes wide open 299
25. 21. Minority Report: through a glass, darkly 316
26. 22. Catch Me If You Can: captured on celluloid 330
27. 23. The Terminal: all that jazz 343
28. 24. War of the Worlds: rays in the mirror 352
29. 25. Munich: bitter fruit on the olive branch 359
30. 26. Audiences, subjectivity and pleasure 376
31. Bibliography 394
32. Index 421