Synopses & Reviews
A wide-ranging collection of essays on the film-philosophy of Gilles Deleuze. Deleuze and Film explores how different films from around the world 'think' about topics like history, national identity, geopolitics, ethics, gender, genre, affect, religion, surveillance culture, digital aesthetics and the body. Mapping the global diversity of this cinematic thinking, this book greatly expands upon the range of films discussed in Deleuze's Cinema books.
Synopsis
Engages Deleuze's philosophy with a range of popular films and explores the degree to which a film's popularity impacts upon its ability to 'think' (in the manner that Deleuze described in relation to examples of the art of film in his Cinema books), and the global diversity of this cinematic 'thinking' in popular international film.
Synopsis
Deleuze and Film explores how different films from around the world 'think' about topics like history, national identity, geopolitics, ethics, gender, genre, affect, religion, surveillance culture, digital aesthetics and the body. Greatly expanding on the range of films discussed in Deleuze's 'Cinema' books, the contributors look at Asian films including 'Godzilla', American film noir, European art films like 'Red Road', documentaries including the animated 'Waltz with Bashir' and Hollywood CGI Blockbusters such as 'Hellboy'.
About the Author
David Martin-Jones is Lecturer in Film Studies at the University of St Andrews William Brown is Lecturer in Film at the Roehampton University William Brown is Lecturer in Film at the Roehampton University