Smart Cinema, DVD Add-Ons and New Audience Pleasures

1. Introduction to Smart Cinema
Pat Brereton

2. Postmodernism, Parody and Smart Cinema: Case Studies of Lynch, Tarantino and Soderbergh
Pat Brereton

3. Independent New Smart Creatives and Niche Marketing – Case Studies of Richard Linklater, Spike Jonze, Christopher Nolan and Michel Gondry
Pat Brereton

4. Smart Cult Classics: Case Studies of Donnie Darko, American Beauty and Magnolia
Pat Brereton

5. European Art and Smart Cinema – Case Studies of Run Lola Run, Amélie and Breaking the Waves
Pat Brereton

6. Smart Irish Comedy – Case Studies of When Brendan Met Trudy, Intermission and In Bruges
Pat Brereton

7. Social Realism and Contemporary British Smart Cinema: Case Studies of Trainspotting, Timecode and Sexy Beast
Pat Brereton

8. Smart Green/Nature Animation: Case Studies of Pixar – Wall-E, UP and Toy Story
Pat Brereton

9. Smart Science Fiction, DVD Add-Ons and New Media Logics – A Reading of Spielberg’s Minority Report, AI: Artificial Intelligence and War of the Worlds
Pat Brereton

10. Smart Post-9/11 Narratives – From Defining Ur-Narratives Forrest Gump and Fight Club to Three Kings and United 93
Pat Brereton

11. Conclusions and Future Research
Pat Brereton

Keywords: Cultural and Media Studies, Film and Television Studies, Film History, American Cinema, Animation, Genre, Directing