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Introduction: Ambiguity, Ontological Pluralism, And Cognitive Dissonance In The Hollywood Puzzle Film / Warren Buckland -- Narratology And Systems Theory. Complex Narratives / Jan Simons -- Puzzled Hollywood And The Return Of Complex Films / Maria Poulaki -- Inception, The Archetypal Hollywood Puzzle Film. Unravelling The Puzzle Of Inception / Geoff King -- Show, Don't Tell: Considering The Utility Of Diagrams As A Tool For Understanding Complex Narratives / Elliot Panek -- Pain Is In The Mind: Dream Narrative In Inception And Shutter Island / Paolo Russo -- Modular Spacetime In The Intelligent Blockbuster: Inception And Source Code / Allan Cameron And Richard Misek -- Complexity And Simplicity In Inception And Five Dedicated To Ozu / William Brown -- The Science Fiction Hollywood Puzzle Film / Philip K Dick, The Mind-game Film, And Retroactive Causality / Thomas Elsaesser -- Fourth Dimensions, Seventh Senses: The Work Of Mind-gaming In The Age Of Electronic Reproduction / Garrett Stewart -- Source Code's Video Game Logic / Warren Buckland -- The Image Of Time In Post-classical Hollywood: Donnie Darko And Southland Tales / Bruce Isaacs -- The Drama Hollywood Puzzle Film. Re-viewing Vantage Point / Paul Cobley -- The Butterfly Effect Upon Its Spectator / Edward Branigan -- Solving Suicide: Facing The Complexity Of The Hours / Lucy Bolton -- Knowledge And Narrativity In Premonition And The Lake House / Gary Bettinson. Edited By Warren Buckland. Includes Bibliographical References And Index.