Reading Time: 15 minutesOverview Postmodern film theory examines how certain films reject the idea that cinema can deliver a transparent, stable version of reality. Its key thinkers are Jean-François Lyotard, Jean Baudrillard (simulacra and hyperreality), and Fredric Jameson (pastiche and late capitalism). Instead of treating the screen as a window onto the world, postmodern theory asks how films… Continue reading Postmodern Film Theory: What It Is and How It Works