Voiding cinema: subjectivity beside itself, or unbecoming cinema in Enter the void
This essay examines Gaspar Noë's film, Enter the Void (2009), in light of the work of both Gilles Deleuze and Alain Badiou. Arguing that the film shows to viewers the 'void' that separates subjects from objects, the essay also considers Noë's film in the light of drug literature...
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| description | This essay examines Gaspar Noë's film, Enter the Void (2009), in light of the work of both Gilles Deleuze and Alain Badiou. Arguing that the film shows to viewers the 'void' that separates subjects from objects, the essay also considers Noë's film in the light of drug literature and the altered states induced by cinema and describe by Anna Powell. Finally, the essay proposes that Enter the Void is a work of 'unbecoming' cinema, which in turn points to expansion of cinematic form through the use of digital technologies. |
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| spelling | nottingham-474342018-06-07T22:45:34Z https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/47434/ Voiding cinema: subjectivity beside itself, or unbecoming cinema in Enter the void Brown, William Fleming, David H. This essay examines Gaspar Noë's film, Enter the Void (2009), in light of the work of both Gilles Deleuze and Alain Badiou. Arguing that the film shows to viewers the 'void' that separates subjects from objects, the essay also considers Noë's film in the light of drug literature and the altered states induced by cinema and describe by Anna Powell. Finally, the essay proposes that Enter the Void is a work of 'unbecoming' cinema, which in turn points to expansion of cinematic form through the use of digital technologies. Edinburgh University Press 2015 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en cc_by_nc https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/47434/1/Voiding%20Cinema%20Subjectivity%20Beside%20Itself%2C%20or%20Unbecoming%20Cinema%20in%20Enter%20the%20Void.pdf Brown, William and Fleming, David H. (2015) Voiding cinema: subjectivity beside itself, or unbecoming cinema in Enter the void. Film-Philosophy, 19 . pp. 124-145. ISSN 1466-4615 Gaspar Noë; Enter the Void; Alain Badiou; Gilles Deleuze; altered states; cinema; drugs https://www.euppublishing.com/toc/film/19/1 |
| spellingShingle | Gaspar Noë; Enter the Void; Alain Badiou; Gilles Deleuze; altered states; cinema; drugs Brown, William Fleming, David H. Voiding cinema: subjectivity beside itself, or unbecoming cinema in Enter the void |
| title | Voiding cinema: subjectivity beside itself, or unbecoming cinema in Enter the void |
| title_full | Voiding cinema: subjectivity beside itself, or unbecoming cinema in Enter the void |
| title_fullStr | Voiding cinema: subjectivity beside itself, or unbecoming cinema in Enter the void |
| title_full_unstemmed | Voiding cinema: subjectivity beside itself, or unbecoming cinema in Enter the void |
| title_short | Voiding cinema: subjectivity beside itself, or unbecoming cinema in Enter the void |
| title_sort | voiding cinema: subjectivity beside itself, or unbecoming cinema in enter the void |
| topic | Gaspar Noë; Enter the Void; Alain Badiou; Gilles Deleuze; altered states; cinema; drugs |
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