Drive in cinema : essays on film, theory and politics

__Drive in Cinema__ presents Žižek-influenced studies of films made by some of the most influential filmmakers of our time, including Jean-Luc Godard, Pier Paolo Pasolini, Werner Herzog, Alexander Kluge, William Klein, Vera Chytilova, Jim Jarmusch, Hal Hartley, and Harmony Korine. Working with radical theory and Lacanian ethics, Léger draws surprising connections between art, film, and politics, taking his analysis beyond the academic obsession with cultural representation and filmic technique and instead revealing film's potential as an emancipatory force. Cover 1 Half Title 2 Series 3 Title 4 Copyright 5 Dedication 6 Contents 8 Acknowledgements 10 Foreword: Revolution at the Drive-in by Bradley Tuck 12 Introduction: 1 + 1 + a 24 Chapter 1: Sad Bunny: Vincent Gallo and the Melancholia of Gender 50 Chapter 2: Drive in Cinema: The Dialectic of the Subject in Daisies and Who Wants to Kill Jessie? 70 Chapter 3: The Ghost Is a Shell 102 Chapter 4: Ecstatic Struggle in the World System: Werner Herzog’s Encounters at the End of the World 114 Chapter 5: Alexander Kluge’s News from Ideological Antiquity: Marx – Eisenstein – Das Kapital: A Conversation with Michael Blum and Barbara Clausen 142 Chapter 6: Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Obama (But Were Afraid to Ask Mr. Freedom) 160 Chapter 7: An Interview with Marc James Léger on Radical Politics, Cinema and the Future of the Avant Garde by Bradley Tuck 174 Chapter 8: Pasolini’s Contribution to La Rabbia as an Instance of Fantasmatic Realism 182 Chapter 9: Godard’s Film Socialisme: The Agency of Art in the Unconscious 208 Chapter 10: What Is to Be Done? with Spring Breakers 232 Chapter 11: Analytic Realism in Activist Film 262 Conclusion: Only Communists Left Alive 278 Index 288 Back Cover 310 Drive In Cinema Offers Žižek-influenced Studies Of Films Made By Some Of The Most Engaging And Influential Filmmakers Of Our Time, From Avant-garde Directors Jean-luc Godard, Werner Herzog, Alexander Kluge, Pier Paolo Pasolini And Vera Chytilová, To Independent Filmmakers William Klein, Oliver Ressler, Hal Hartley, Olivier Assayas, Vincent Gallo, Jim Jarmusch And Harmony Korine. These Essays In Critical Cultural Theory Present Interdisciplinary Perspectives On The Relations Between Art, Film And Politics. How Does Filmic Symbolization Mediate Intersubjective Social Exchange? What Are The Possibilities For Avant-gardism Today And How Does This Correspond To What We Know About Cultural Production After Capitalism's Real Subsumption Of Labour? How Have Various Filmmakers Communicated Radical Ideas Through Film As A Popular Medium? Drive In Cinema Pursues Lacanian Ethics To Avenues Beyond The Academic Obsession With Cultural Representation And Cinematic Technique. It Will Be Of Interest To Anyone Who Is Concerned With Film's Potential As An Emancipatory Force.--back Cover. Marc James Léger. Includes Bibliographical References And Index. In this book, Marc James Léger presents Žižek-influenced studies of films made by the most influential filmmakers of our time, including Jean-Luc Godard, Pier Paolo Pasolini, Werner Herzog, Alexander Kluge, William Klein, Jim Jarmusch, Hal Hartley, Harmony Korine and more. In this book, Marc James Leger presents Zizek-influenced studies of films made by the most influential filmmakers of our time, including Jean-Luc Godard, Pier Paolo Pasolini, Werner Herzog, Alexander Kluge, William Klein, Jim Jarmusch, Hal Hartley, Harmony Korine and more.