Cinema II: The Time-Image (Bloomsbury Revelations)

By Gilles Deleuze

Book Overview

Gilles Deleuze was one of the most influential figures in 20th-century philosophy. 'Cinema II' is Deleuze's second work on cinema, completing the reassessment of the art form begun in 'Cinema I'.... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 147251260X
• ISBN13: 9781472512604
• Release Date: December 2013
• Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic
• Length: 376 Pages
• Weight: 1.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 8.4" x 0.9" x 5.4"

Customer Reviews

One of the best books on cinema

Although Deleuze mentions that this bookfs aim is to make a typology on cinema, for readers, it will be the object of thought more than that. In this book, Deleuze considers many films in which time is not subordinate to movement any longer (the time-image). His way of developing theory is like Bergsonfs one on time and memory, but his theory of time has variations that are reflected in various films and becomes a profound notion of the world with dynamic extension. Deleuze proposes us not only new concepts through films but also the question: What is the world? Deleuze creates a system on cinema as same as he analyzes clearly what is new and what is different from the past films in films of neo-realism or the new wave. While many people have mentioned to genres in films, Deleuzefs analysis of the border between the genres is one of the most precise. If you had gCinema 1: The Movement-Imageh, this book would be more interesting for you because you could compare the two books. Moreover, this book treats so many films that you must find ones you have ever seen, which makes this book more fascinating.