The Cinema Alone: Essays on the Work of Jean-Luc Godard 1985-2000 (No OCR)

Describes the importance of Jean-Luc Godard's work for the 21th century. Introduction To The Mysteries Of Cinema, 1985-2000 / Michael Temple And James S. Williams -- Montage, My Beautiful Care, Or Histories Of The Cinematograph / Michael Witt -- Elizabeth Taylor At Auschwitz : Jlg And The Real Object Of Montage / Alan Wright -- 'the Present Never Exists There' : The Temporality Of Decision In Godard's Later Film And Video Essays / Jonathan Dronsfield -- Big Rhythm And The Power Of Metamorphosis : Some Models And Precursors For Histoire(s) Du Cinéma / Michael Temple -- Mortal Beauty / Jaques Aumont -- European Culture And Artistic Resistance In Histoire(s) Du Cinéma / James S. Williams -- The Evidence And Uncertainty Of Silent Film In Histoire(s) Du Cinéma / Vicki Callahan -- The Crisis Of Cinema In The Age Of The New World Memory : The Baroque Performance Of King Lear / Timothy Murray -- The Power Of Language : Note On Puissance De La Parole, Le Dernier Mot And On S'est Tous Défilé / Jean-louis Leutrat -- Investigation Of Mystery : Cinema And The Sacred In Hélas Pour Moi / Lætitia Fieschi-vivet. Edited By Michael Temple And James S. Williams. Includes Discography, Filmography, And Bibliographical References And Index. This volume of essays constitutes a comprehensive and interdisciplinary engagement with Jean-Luc Godard's current film and video work. Its key focus is the eight-part magnum opus Histoire(s) du cinema (1988-1998), an extraordinary experiment in film history that attempts to tell 'all the stories of cinema' whilst remaining true to the specificity of what 'the cinema alone' contributed to twentieth-century culture. "The Cinema Alone features contributors from France, Britain and America who discuss Godard's recent work both in the context of his earlier corpus and in relation to subjects such as literature, art history, philosophy, silent cinema, European culture, film theory, video and digital technology. The collection will make an important contribution to critical debates on the past, present and future of Film and Media Studies as cinema enters its second century The Cinema Alone features contributors from France, Britain and America who discuss Godard's recent work in the context of the entire corpus, and in relation to literature and art history, philosophy and theology, film history and silent cinema