The brain is the screen : Deleuze and the philosophy of cinema

The first broad-ranging collection on Deleuzes essential works on cinema. In the nearly twenty years since their publication, Gilles Deleuzes books about cinema have proven as daunting as they are enticinga new aesthetics of film, one equally at home with Henri Bergson and Wim Wenders, Friedrich Nietzsche and Orson Welles, that also takes its place in the philosophers immense and difficult oeuvre. With this collection, the first to focus solely and extensively on Deleuzes cinematic work, the nature and reach of that work finally become clear. Composed of a substantial introduction, twelve original essays produced for this volume, and a new English translation of a personal, intriguing, and little-known interview with Deleuze on his cinema books, The Brain Is the Screen is a sustained engagement with Deleuzes cinematic philosophy that leads to a new view of the larger confrontation of philosophy with cinematic images.Contributors: ric Alliez, U of Vienna; Dudley Andrew, U of Iowa; Peter Canning; Tom Conley, Harvard U; Andrs Blint Kovcs, ELTE U, Budapest; Gregg Lambert, Syracuse U; Laura U. Marks, Carleton U; Jean-Clet Martin, Collge International de Philosophie, Paris; Angelo Restivo; Martin Schwab, U of Michigan; Franois Zourabichvili, Collge International de Philosophie.Gregory Flaxman is a doctoral student in the Program of Comparative Literature and Literary Theory at the University of Pennsylvania. Contents......Page 8 Acknowledgments......Page 10 Introduction by Gregory Flaxman......Page 12 APPROACHING IMAGES......Page 70 1. Of Images and Worlds: Toward a Geology of the Cinema by Jean-Clet Martin......Page 72 2. Cinema Year Zero by Gregory Flaxman......Page 98 3. Escape from the Image: Deleuze's Image-Ontology by Martin Schwab......Page 120 4. The Eye of Montage: Dziga Vertov and Bergsonian Materialism by Francois Zourabichvili......Page 152 MAPPING IMAGES......Page 162 5. The Film History of Thought by Andras Balint Kovacs......Page 164 6. Into the Breach: Between The Movement-Image and The Time-Image by Angelo Restivo......Page 182 7. Signs of the Time: Deleuze, Peirce, and the Documentary Image by Laura U. Marks......Page 204 8. The Roots of the Nomadic: Gilles Deleuze and the Cinema of West Africa by Dudley Andrew......Page 226 THINKING IMAGES......Page 262 9. Cinema and the Outside by Gregg Lambert......Page 264 10. Midday, Midnight: The Emergence of Cine-Thinking by Eric Alliez......Page 304 11. The Film Event: From Interval to Interstice by Tom Conley......Page 314 12. The Imagination of Immanence: An Ethics of Cinema by Peter Canning......Page 338 AFTER-IMAGE......Page 374 13. The Brain Is the Screen: An Interview with Gilles Deleuze......Page 376 Contributors......Page 386 A......Page 388 B......Page 389 C......Page 390 E......Page 392 G......Page 393 I......Page 394 K......Page 395 M......Page 396 N......Page 398 P......Page 399 R......Page 401 S......Page 402 T......Page 404 V......Page 405 Z......Page 406 Of Images And Worlds: Toward A Geology Of The Cinema / Jean-clet Martin -- Cinema Year Zero / Gregory Flaxman -- Escape From The Image: Deleuze's Image-ontology / Martin Schwab -- The Eye Of Montage: Dziga Vertov And Bergsonian Materialism / François Zourabichvili -- The Film History Of Thought / András Bálint Kovács -- Into The Breach: Between The Movement-image And The Time-image / Angelo Restivo -- Signs Of The Time: Deleuze, Peirce, And The Documentary Image / Laura U. Marks -- The Roots Of The Nomadic: Gilles Deleuze And The Cinema Of West Africa / Dudley Andrew -- Cinema And The Outside / Gregg Lambert -- Midday, Midnight: The Emergence Of Cine-thinking / Éric Alliez -- The Film Event: From Interval To Interstice / Tom Conley -- The Imagination Of Immanence: An Ethics Of Cinema / Peter Canning -- The Brain Is The Screen: An Interview With Gilles Deleuze. Gregory Flaxman, Editor. Includes Bibliographical References And Index. Includes Bibliographical References And Index. In the nearly twenty years since their publication, Gilles Deleuze's books about cinema have proven as daunting as they are enticing -- a new aesthetics of film, one equally at home with Henri Bergson and Wim Wenders, Friedrich Nietzsche and Orson Welles, that also takes its place in the philosopher's immense and difficult oeuvre. With this collection, the first to focus solely and extensively on Deleuze's cinematic work, the nature and reach of that work finally become clear. Composed of a substantial introduction, twelve original essays produced for this volume, and a new English translation of a personal, intriguing, and little-known interview with Deleuze on his cinema books, The Brain Is the Screen is a sustained engagement with Deleuze's cinematic philosophy that leads to a new view of the larger confrontation of philosophy with cinematic images. In The Movement-Image, the first of his two volumes on cinema and philosophy, Gilles Deleuze launches toward a moment of remarkable visibility: "The essence of a thing never appears at the outset, but in the middle, in the course of its development, when its strength is assured."