Description
Book SynopsisHumanities, film studies, and social science scholars will find this book a valuable contribution to the philosophical literature on cinema and its pertinence in contemporary life.
Trade ReviewMarrati's slender but incisive treatment of Deleuze's unification of philosophy with the art of cinema is an indispensable work for new and advanced Deleuze scholars grappling with the thick weave of film analyses cum philosophical expositions... Essential. Choice Beautifully written and expertly translated, Paola Marrati's Gilles Deleuze: Cinema and Philosophy brings much needed clarity to Deleuze's two monumental works on cinema. -- Joe Hughes Rain Taxi Review of Books Readers looking for an introduction to Deleuze's work on cinema will find it in Marrati's evident commitment to precision and her remarkable clarity in the face of a series of notoriously complex texts. -- Alexander Thimons Scope A surprising, rewarding, and insightful text that breaks new ground, Cinema and Philosophy does a great service: it helps us believe in a 'new' and compelling future for Deleuzian studies of film and philosophy. -- Meredith C. Ward MLN Marrati's highly informative and carefully argued book touches on significant elements of the link between cinema and philosophy in Deleuze's work. This is a stimulating, sharp and keenly argued book. Analysis and Metaphysics
Table of ContentsPreface to the English-language Edition
Acknowledgments
Frequently Cited Texts
Introduction
1. Images in Movement and Movement-Images
2. Cinema and Perception
3. The Montage of the Whole
4. Postwar Cinema
5. The Time0Image
6. Images and Immanence: The Problem of the World
Conclusion
Appendix: A Lost Everyday: Deleuze and Cavell on Hollywood
Notes
Works Cited
Index
