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Conclusion: Blind Chance and Possible FuturesDavid
Martin-Jones
in Deleuze, Cinema and National Identity: Narrative Time in
National Contexts
Published in print: 2006 Published Online:March 2012ISBN:
9780748622443 eISBN: 9780748651085Item type: chapter
Publisher: Edinburgh University PressDOI:
10.3366/edinburgh/9780748622443.003.0008
The films discussed in this book are contemporary manifestations
of atradition that can be traced back to directors such as Alfred
Hitchcock,Federico Fellini and Jean-Luc Godard those same directors
thatGilles Deleuze drew on in constructing his taxonomy of images.
Theappearance of a labyrinthine model of time in many of these
films isparticularly indebted to Alain Resnais' oeuvre, which
includes such filmsas Providence (1977) and Smoking/No Smoking
(1993). Moreover, RunLola Run and Peppermint Candy both
self-consciously acknowledgetheir debt to Krzystof Kieslowski's
Blind Chance (1981). This book hasshown, through a specific focus
on particular nations, the historicalshifts and resulting
transformations of national identity that these filmsnegotiate. It
is no longer enough to simply posit the time-image as theEuropean
other of the American movement-image. Rather, a globalpicture must
be considered in which these films engage with issuesof national
identity for both local and international markets. As a
finalexample that illustrates the need for this localised analysis,
this chapterdiscusses Blind Chance.
Dance and the Passing Moment: Deleuze's NietzschePhilipa
Rothfield
in Deleuze and the Body
Published in print: 2011 Published Online:March 2012ISBN:
9780748638642 eISBN: 9780748652679Item type: chapter
Publisher: Edinburgh University PressDOI:
10.3366/edinburgh/9780748638642.003.0010
This chapter examines Gilles Deleuze's interpretation of
FriedrichNietzsche's thoughts about the body. It explains that
according to
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Deleuze's Nietzsche, the body is a chance encounter of active
andreactive forces whose temporary unity is underwritten by the
will topower, and that nothing could make this clearer than the
dancer'sbody, in its constant negotiation of forces. The chapter
shows thatthere are many theories of the body, each with multiple
connectionsand applications, each with a different productive
capacity, and eachexpanding what the Deleuzian body can do.
What Will Have Happened: Writing and the Future PerfectMark
Currie
in The Unexpected: Narrative Temporality and the Philosophy of
Surprise
Published in print: 2013 Published Online: May2013ISBN:
9780748676293 eISBN: 9780748684465Item type: chapter
Publisher: Edinburgh University PressDOI:
10.3366/edinburgh/9780748676293.003.0005
This chapter develops the argument that narrative form involves
atight complementarity between forward and backward movement,
orprogression and regression. This means that its natural tense is
thefuture perfect, which combines prospect with retrospect. It
followsthis idea into the discussion of a particular future
perfect, a line fromMallarme's A Throw of the Dice: Nothing will
have taken place but place.The chapter shows the importance of this
line for a range of ideas aboutwriting, the nature of writing, and
of narrative events. The discussionthen follows the influence of
Mallarme into the work of Alain Badiou, whouses Mallarme as a
description of the structure of an event.
