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Acknowledgments

As any author knows, books are rarely assembled without the assistance
of dedicated colleagues, friends, and family. Consequently, I express my
warmest gratitude to Ernest Mathijs and Steven Jay Schneider for their
confidence and generosity throughout this book’s conceptualisation and
production. For their careful reading and valuable comments on this work
throughout its various stages, my deepest appreciation likewise extends to
Christa Stevens, Guy Crucianelli, Steffen Hantke, Richard J. Hand, Ruth
Goldberg, Tony Williams, Christopher Sharrett, Harmony Wu, Bryan
Wehr, Emily Wood, Joshua Diefenbach and Nathaniel Carlson. Thanks
are likewise due to my colleagues around the globe, and to my students,
with whom I am honoured to share ideas about film and literature. Lastly,
my sincerest thanks and deepest affections go out to my family, for their
unwavering support; to my friends, for their honest insights and excellent
company; and to my wife, Amy, for saving my life and giving me a
reason.

The images in this book remain the property of the production or
distribution companies concerned. They are reproduced throughout this
book in the spirit of publicity and the promotion of the films under
discussion.

Kenosha, Wisconsin
July 2007