Acknowledgments ix // Introduction: Beyond the Blockbuster і // PART I: A REAL STORY 19 // 1. Continuing Tradition, by Any Means Necessary 27 // 2. Pushing the Premises 51 // 3. Subjective Stories and Network Narratives 72 // 4. A Certain Amount of Plot: Tentpoles, Locomotives, Blockbusters, Megapictures, and the Action Movie 104 // PART II: A STYLISH STYLE 1?5 // 1. Intensified Continuity: Four Dimensions 12? // 2. Some Likely Sources 139 // 3. Style, Plain and Fancy 158 // 4. What’s Missing? 180 // Appendix: A Hollywood Timeline, 1960-2004 // Bradley Schauer and David Bordwell 191 // Notes 243 // Index 273