4. The Cinematic Real: Image, Text, Culture 156
4.1 The Spectacle Aesthetic, Or the Cinematic Real 157
4.2 The Metacinematic Lens 159
4.3 Character Acting 160
4.4 Foregrounding Genericity: the Limitations of Classical Film Genre 166
4.5 Genre and Contemporary Cinematic Forms 171
4.6 Genericity: Beyond Genre 179
4.7 Performing Genericity 181
4.8 The Metacinematic Aesthetic: Tarantino – Leone – Eastwood 186
4.9 Metacinema and Postmodern Narrative: The New Auteurism 191
4.10 Conclusion