Deleuze and Cinema: The Film Concepts

by Felicity Colman

Overview

Gilles Deleuze published two radical books on film: Cinema 1: The Movement-Image and Cinema 2: The Time-Image. Engaging with a wide range of film styles, histories and theories, Deleuze's writings treat film as a new form of philosophy. This ciné-philosophy offers a startling new way of understanding the complexities of the moving image, its technical concerns and constraints as well as its psychological and political outcomes.

Deleuze and Cinema presents a step-by-step guide to the key concepts behind Deleuze's revolutionary theory of the cinema. Exploring ideas through key directors and genres, Deleuze's method is illustrated with examples drawn from American, British, continental European, Russian and Asian cinema.

Deleuze and Cinema provides the first introductory guide to Deleuze's radical methodology for screen analysis. It will be invaluable for students and teachers of Film, Media and Philosophy.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781847880536
Publisher:	Berg Publishers
Publication date:	06/01/2011
Pages:	288
Product dimensions:	6.10(w) x 7.40(h) x 0.70(d)

About the Author

Felicity Colman is Senior Lecturer in Film and Media Studies, Manchester Metropolitan University, UK.

Table of Contents

Introduction: A Cinematographic Consciousness 1. Deleuze's Screen System 2. Movement 3. Frame + Shot 4. Montage 5. Perception 6. Affect 7. Action 8. Impulse 9. Vectors 10. Collectives 11. Space 12. Time 13. Semiotics 14. Recognition 15. Relations 16. Chronicles 17. Sound 18. Thought 19. Political Cinema Conclusion Glossary of Deleuze's Key Cinematographic Terms Filmography Index

Editorial Reviews

How do you use Deleuzian theory in film analysis? Let Colman be your guide. Combining clear explanation and copious examples, she charts a viable future for a Deleuzian practice of film criticism. Vigorous, incisive and provocative, this is an essential and timely contribution to the field.” —Ronald Bogue, University of Georgia

From the Publisher

How do you use Deleuzian theory in film analysis? Let Colman be your guide. Combining clear explanation and copious examples, she charts a viable future for a Deleuzian practice of film criticism. Vigorous, incisive and provocative, this is an essential and timely contribution to the field.

University of Georgia Ronald Bogue