The Cinematic Bergson: From Virtual Image to Actual Gesture

Deleuze’s film-philosophy makes much of the notion of virtual images in Bergson’s Matter and Memory, but in doing so he transforms a psycho-meta-physical thesis into a (very) unBergsonian ontological one. In this essay, we will offer a corrective by exploring Bergson’s own explanation of the image a...

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Main Author: John Ó Maoilearca
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: University Library System, University of Pittsburgh 2016-12-01
Series:Journal of French and Francophone Philosophy
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Online Access:http://jffp.pitt.edu/ojs/index.php/jffp/article/view/777