Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. Acknowledgements vii
4. Abbreviations of Frequently Cited Texts ix
5. Introduction: Gorky’s Maxim 1
6. 1 Presenting Alain Badiou 14
7. 2 Can Cinema be Thought? 32
8. 3 In the Kingdom of Shadows 55
9. 4 An Aesthetic of Truth 85
10. 5 An Instant or an Eternity: Thinking Cinema After Deleuze 107
11. 6 Alain Resnais and the Mise en Scène of Two 134
12. 7 The Castle of Impurity 160
13. Conclusion: The Future of an Illusion 190
14. Bibliography 193
15. Filmography 206
16. Index 209