The Intervals of Cinema

Abstract

English-language edition. Originally published as Les écarts du cinéma. Foreword -- After literature -- Cinematic vertigo: Hitchcock to Vertov and back -- Mouchette and the paradoxes of the language of images -- The frontiers of art -- Ars gratia artis: Minnelli's poetics -- The philosopher's body: Rossellini's philosophical films -- Politics in films -- Fireside conversation: Straub and others -- Pedro Costa's politics.