Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. Acknowledgements vii
4. Abbreviations ix
5. Translators’ Note xi
6. I. Openings
7. 1. Setting the Scene 1
8. 2. Why Lyotard and Film? 10
9. 3. Cinema Lyotard: An Introduction 17
10. II. Lyotard’s Essays on Film
11. 4. Acinema 33
12. 5. The Unconscious as Mise-en-scène 43
13. 6. Two Metamorphoses of the Seductive in Cinema 55
14. 7. The Idea of a Sovereign Film 62
15. III. Approaches and Interpretations
16. 8. Imaginary Constructs? A Libidinal Economy of the Cinematographic Medium 73
17. 9. Lyotard and the Art of Seduction 87
18. 10. Authorisation: Lyotard’s Sovereign Image 102
19. IV. Applications and Extensions
20. 11. Discourse, Figure, Suture: Lyotard and Cinematic Space 119
21. 12. On Dialogue as Performative Art Criticism 136
22. 13. Give Me a Sign: An Anxious Exploration of Performance on Film, Under Lyotard’s Shadow 150
23. 14. How Desire Works: A Lyotardian Lynch 163
24. 15. Aberrant Movement and Somatography in the Hysterical Comedies of Roméo Bosetti 180
25. Appendices
26. 1. Lyotard’s Film Work 197
27. 2. Memorial Immemorial 207
28. 3. Filmography 214
29. 4. Bibliography 215
30. Notes on Contributors 219
31. Index 222