Deleuze and World Cinemas

About this book

Shortlisted for the British Association of Film Television and Screen Studies Annual Book Award! Deleuzes Cinema books continue to cause controversy. Although they offer radical new ways of understanding cinema his conclusions often seem strikingly Eurocentric. Deleuze and World Cinemas explores what happens when Deleuzes ideas are brought into contact with the films he did not discuss those from Europe and the USA (from Georges Mlis to Michael Mann) and a range of world cinemas - including Bollywood blockbusters Hong Kong action movies Argentine melodramas and South Korean science fiction movies. These emergent encounters demonstrate the need for the constant adaptation and reinterpretation of Deleuzes findings if they are to have continued relevance especially for cinemas contemporary engagement with the aftermath of the Cold War and the global dominance of neoliberal globalization.