Index

	List of Illustrations
vii	
Series Foreword		xi	
Acknowledgments		xiii	
Introduction: The Baroque and the Neo-Baroque		1	
Postclassical, Modern Classicism, or Neo-Baroque? Will the Real Contemporary Cinema Please Stand Up?
1	
...Of Things Baroque
7	
The ``Baroque Baroque'' and the Hollywood Style: the 1920s and 1930s
10	
The Latin American and Spanish Neo-Baroque
12	
The Spatial Aspect of the Cultural System
15	
The Neo-Baroque and Contemporary Entertainment Media
23	
Polycentrism and Seriality: (Neo-)Baroque Narrative Formations
31	
Seriality and the (Neo-)Baroque
31	
Globalization, Seriality and Entertainment Media
34	
Capitalism, Seriality, and the Baroque
41	
Seigneurial Seriality: Serial Form and Baroque Allegory
49	
An Aesthetic of Repetition and the Drive for Perfection
55	
The Fragment and the Whole: Aliens/Predator: The Deadliest of the Species
60	
Intertextuality, Labyrinths, and the (Neo-)Baroque
71	
``Intertextual Arenas'' and (Neo-)Baroque Folds
71	
Multiple Temporalities and Monadic Logic: The Evil Dead and Evil Dead II, the ``Original'' and the Sequel
73	
The Labyrinth, Virtuosity, and the Barberini Ceiling
81	
Doom, Doom II, and Neo-Baroque Forces of Expansion
96	
The Labyrinth, Virtuosity, and Doom II
103	
Hypertexts, Mappings, and Colonized Spaces
109	
Phantasmagoria and Intertextual Journeys through Horror
109	
Stalker Film Meets the Stalker CD-ROM ``Interactive Movie''
115	
The Hypertextual Array: A New Medium for the Neo-Baroque
120	
Colonizing Space: The Baroque Mapping of New Worlds
129	
Colonizing Cyberspace: Neo-Baroque Mapping and Virtual Spaces
140	
Virtuosity, Special-Effects Spectacles, and Architectures of the Senses
151	
(Neo-)Baroque Visuality
151	
The Quadratura Spectacle of S. Ignazio and the Digital Spectacle of Jurassic Park
160	
Optics, Virtuosity, and Seventeenth-Century Illusionistic Ceiling Paintings
171	
Optics, Virtuosity, and Digital Effects in Science Fiction Cinema
179	
Star Wars and the Architecture of Vision
189	
Remediation, Spectacle, and the Assault on the Sensorium
193	
Terminator 2: 3D Battle across Time, the Unity of the Arts, and Architectures of the Senses
199	
Special-Effects Magic and the Spiritual Presence of the Technological
209	
Sensual Seduction and (Neo-)Baroque Transcendence
209	
Aliens and the Second Coming: The Spiritual Presence of the Technological
221	
The Magic of Spectacle
226	
The Aesthetics of Rare Experiences
233	
The Game of Creation: Automata, Cyborgs, and Animated Statues
243	
The Amazing Adventures of Spiderman and the Bel Composto
251	
Notes		257	
References		297	
Index		313