Deleuze, cinema and national identity : narrative time in national contexts / David Martin-Jones.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Martin-Jones, David.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Deleuze, Gilles, 1925-1995.

Deleuze, Gilles.

Motion pictures--Aesthetics.

Motion pictures.

Motion pictures--Philosophy.

Nationalism in motion pictures.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (257 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press, 2006.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This book challenges the traditional use of Deleuze's philosophy to examine European art cinema. It explores how Deleuze can be used to analyse national identity across a range of different cinemas. Focusing on narrative time it combines a Deleuzean approach with a vast range of non-traditional material. The films discussed are contemporary and popular (either financial or cult successes), and include Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, Terminator 3, Memento, Saving Private Ryan, Run Lola Run, Sliding Doors, Chaos and Peppermint Candy. Each film is examined in light of a major historical ev

Contents:

Contents; Illustrations; Acknowledgements; Part I Deleuze and Narrative Time; CHAPTER 1 History; CHAPTER 2 Memory; Part II Movement-/Time-Image Films; CHAPTER 3 National Identity in the Global City; CHAPTER 4 American Triumphalism and the First Gulf War; CHAPTER 5 Renegotiating the National Past after 9/11; CHAPTER 6 The Pacific Rim; Conclusion: Blind Chance and Possible Futures; Select Bibliography; Select Filmography; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

"Selected filmography."

ISBN:

9786610833887

9781474470766

1474470769

9780748651085

074865108X

9780748629718

0748629718

9781280833885

1280833882

9780748626625

074862662X

OCLC:

476051880