Film Directors and Emotion : An Affective Turn in Contemporary American Cinema Cover Acknowledgments Table of Contents Introduction: The Affective Turn in American Cinema 1. David Finchers Feelings: From Apathy to Zest 2. Bryan Singers Strange Cinema of Freaks and Outsiders 3. Christopher Nolan: Mastering Fear Rage and Death 4. Kathryn Bigelow and the War on Terror 5. Richard Linklater Barry Jenkins Greta Gerwig: Cinematic ­Coming of Age Narratives Epilogue: Inside Out: A Major (E)motion Picture Filmography (by Director) Chapter Notes Bibliography Index.