Deleuze and world cinemas
By: David Martin-Jones
Publisher: Continuum
Published: 2011
Place of publication: London; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 270
ISBN-13: 9780826416933; 9780826436429
Subjects: Motion pictures; Philosophy; Criticism and interpretation; Motion pictures and globalization
Description: Shortlisted for the British Association of Film, Television and Screen Studies Annual Book Award! Deleuze's Cinema books continue to cause controversy. Although they offer radical new ways of understanding cinema, his conclusions often seem strikingly Eurocentric. Deleuze and World Cinemas explores what happens when Deleuze's ideas are brought into contact with the films he did not discuss, those from Europe and the USA (from Georges Méliès to Michael Mann) and a range of world cinemas - including Bollywood blockbusters, Hong Kong action movies, Argentine melodramas and South Korean science fiction movies. These emergent encounters demonstrate the need for the constant adaptation and reinterpretation of Deleuze's findings if they are to have continued relevance, especially for cinema's contemporary engagement with the aftermath of the Cold War and the global dominance of neoliberal globalization
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [259]-264) and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction : deterritorializing Deleuze; title: Spectacle I : attraction-image; title: History : Deleuze after dictatorship; title: Space : geopolitics and the action-image; title: Spectacle II : Masala-image; title: Conclusion : the continuing adventures of Deleuze and world cinemas.