Farocki/Godard

Volker Pantenburg is assistant professor for visual media with emphasis on research on moving images at the Faculty of Media of the Bauhaus University Weimar.

"This book focuses on a number of constellations, amongst which Godard/Farocki and Film/Thinking are the most important. Essential discussions from literary and film studies as well as image theory are presented alongside comparative analyses of specific image phenomena, which convincingly characterize filmic form as a genuine mode of thinking. In passing, Pantenburg reveals the extent to which contemporary image research needs to be an interdisciplinary endeavor. Instead of relying on one dominant discipline, he emphasizes the aesthetic force of films which succeed in constituting theory." - Christa Blümlinger, Paris 8 University

"Film as Theory is still an important contribution to the history and theory of 20th century European avant-garde cinema, in which film as a medium of theory served a decidedly humanist purpose." - Chiara Marchini, Mediengeschichten

This is a remarkable and strongly argued book that debunks many misconceptions regarding the reception of two significant authors" -- The Year's Work in Critical and Cultural Theory