Metaphysics and the Moving Image

Introduction: The Death of God, the Birth of Film, and the New MetaphysicsChapter One Image Breakthrough: Disclosure and Derailment in Painting, Photography, and FilmI. Art in the Wake of MetaphysicsII. The Myth of the Lumiere LeafChapter Two The Evolution of the Concept of "e;World"e; from Philosophy to FilmI. The World in the Palm of PhilosophyII. Film in the World's Palm, or the World in its Own ImageIII. Metaphysical Figures in Days of HeavenChapter Three Paradise Exposed: Psychic Automatism in FilmPrimer: "e;While the will is off its watch"e;I. The Mechanical GardenII. Heinrich von Kleist's Marionette TheaterIII. Robert Bresson's Filmic ModelsChapter Four Nature, Whose Death Shines a Light: Exteriority and Overexposure in The Thin Red LineI. IntroductionII. Dramaturgy of NatureIII. A Cinematic SublimeIV. Metaphysics of the FrontChapter Five "e;Mother, I am Dumb ..."e;: The Reevaluation of Friedrich Nietzsche in The Turin Horse