苏娉著的《卡里尔·菲利普斯小说中的电影元素(精)》从以下三个角度分析了卡里尔·菲利普斯小说中的电影元素和技巧：（一）作者如何将各种电影镜头转化为文字，实现一种视觉化叙事；（二）作者如何巧妙地将各种电影蒙太奇技巧运用到小说叙事中；（三）作者在小说中对光、色彩、声音的电影化运用。研究表明电影对菲利普斯小说的叙事技巧、风格、人物刻画、主题都产生了重要影响。

Pretace
Acknowledgements
List of Abbreviations
Chapter One Introduction
Chapter Two Novel and Film
Chapter Three Cinematic Visualization：Writing
with a Camera Eye
I．Frequent Cross—references to the Cinema
II．Parallels of Different Camera Shots
III．The Significance of Different Shots
IV．The Significance of the Combination of
Different Shots
Chapter Four Montage：Fragmentation and
Discontinuity
I．Quick Sequences of Brief Images
II．Metaphorical Montages
111．Parallel Montages and Jump Cuts
IV．Flashback Montages
V Conclusion
Chapter Five Phillips’S Cinematic Use of Light，
Color and Sound
I．Light
II．Color
111．Sound
Chapter Six Cinematic Imagination
Bibliography