Badiou and Cinema

Alex Ling

Published by Edinburgh University Press 2010

Badiou and Cinema

Alex Ling

https://doi.org/10.1515/9780748644483

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Applies Badiou's philosophy to well-known films such as Hiroshima Mon Amour, Vertigo and The Matrix

Alex Ling employs the philosophy of Alain Badiou to answer the question central to all serious film scholarship: 'can cinema be thought?' Treating this question on three levels, the author first asks if we can really think what cinema is, at an ontological level. Secondly, he investigates whether cinema can actually think for itself; that is, whether or not it is truly 'artistic'. Finally, he explores in what ways we can rethink the consequences of the fact that cinema thinks.

In answering these questions, the author uses well-known films ranging to illustrate Badiou's philosophy and to consider the ways in which his work can be extended, critiqued and reframed with respect to the medium of cinema.

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	i
Contents Publicly Available Download PDF	v
Acknowledgements Publicly Available Download PDF	vii
Abbreviations of Frequently Cited Texts Publicly Available Download PDF	ix
Introduction: Gorky’s Maxim Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	1
1 Presenting Alain Badiou Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	14
2 Can Cinema be Thought? Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	32
3 In the Kingdom of Shadows Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	55
4 An Aesthetic of Truth Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	85
5 An Instant or an Eternity: Thinking Cinema After Deleuze Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	107
6 Alain Resnais and the Mise en Scène of Two Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	134
7 The Castle of Impurity Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	160
Conclusion: The Future of an Illusion Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	190
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Language: English
Publisher: Edinburgh University Press
Audience: College/higher education;
Pages
- Main content: 224
Keywords: Philosophy

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Published: November 26, 2010
ISBN: 9780748644483