Contents

pp v-vi

Acknowledgements

pp vii-viii

Abbreviations

pp ix-x

Translators’ Note

pp xi-xii

I - Openings

pp 1-2

1 - Setting the Scene

pp 3-9

2 - Why Lyotard and Film?

pp 10-16

3 - Cinema Lyotard: An Introduction

pp 17-30

II - Lyotard's Essays on Film

pp 31-32

4 - Acinema

pp 33-42

5 - The Unconscious as Mise-en-scène

pp 43-54

6 - Two Metamorphoses of the Seductive in Cinema

pp 55-61

7 - The Idea of a Sovereign Film

pp 62-70

III - Approaches and Interpretations

pp 71-72

8 - Imaginary Constructs? A Libidinal Economy of the Cinematographic Medium

pp 73-86

9 - Lyotard and the Art of Seduction

pp 87-101

10 - Authorisation: Lyotard's Sovereign Image

pp 102-116

IV - Applications and Extensions

pp 117-118

11 - Discourse, Figure, Suture: Lyotard and Cinematic Space

pp 119-135

12 - On Dialogue as Performative Art Criticism

pp 136-149

13 - Give Me a Sign: An Anxious Exploration of Performance on Film, Under Lyotard's Shadow

pp 150-162

14 - How Desire Works: A Lyotardian Lynch

pp 163-179

15 - Aberrant Movement and Somatography in the Hysterical Comedies of Roméo Bosetti

pp 180-194

Appendices

pp 195-196

Appendix 1 - Lyotard's Film Work

pp 197-206

Appendix 2 - Memorial Immemorial

pp 207-213

Appendix 3 - Filmography

pp 214-214

Appendix 4 - Bibliography

pp 215-218

Notes on Contributors

pp 219-221