'Cinema and the Moving Image is a timely appreciation of Raymond Bellour, seminal critic and writer who has defined the art of film theory and analysis. Radner's meticulous study of the evolution of Bellour's style and manner that includes his embrace of classical cinema, video art and mixed media gives way to a hitherto untranslated interview in which Bellour discusses a gamut of his writings. Rounded out by Alistair Fox's biography and bibliography, the book is an invaluable contribution to film studies and a point of reference for work in literature and visual media.' Tom Conley, Harvard University One of the most influential figures in French film philosophy, Raymond Bellour had interests ranging across cinema, art, literature and philosophy, and his work sits at the critical juncture between the cinematic experience in the period of classical cinema and the new forms of spectatorship ushered in by twenty-first-century digital media. With a succinct account of Bellour's oeuvre, this book provides a generous introduction to his ideas on cinema, an annotated bibliography of his work and a six-chapter translation of a substantial and wide-ranging interview previously unavailable in English. Providing a clear, systematic account of the evolution of Bellour's thought on the nature of cinematic representation, the impact of digital technology and the response of the spectator, this is an essential guide to the work of a major contemporary thinker. Hilary Radner is Emeritus Professor of Film and Media Studies at the University of Otago. Alistair Fox is Professor Emeritus at the University of Otago. Cover image: Installation at the Musée d'Arts de Nantes, The Waves (Thierry Kuntzel, 2003) (c) Nantes Métropole - Musée d'Arts - Photographie: Cécile Clos Cover design: [EUP logo] edinburghuniversitypress.com ISBN 978-1-4744-2288-8 Barcode

AcknowledgmentsPrefaceIntroduction: Cinema and Its Discontents: The Place of Raymond Bellour in Film Theory from the Twentieth to the Twenty-first Century, by Hilary Radner