Jacques Ranciere and the Politics of Art Cinema

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A bold intervention in Ranciere scholarship and film-philosophy. Harvey takes films that have been deemed either politically impotent (This Is Not a Film, No) or simply apolitical (Synecdoche, New York, Climates, The Nine Muses) and mobilises close, formal analysis of their textual properties to mount a direct challenge to Ranciere's denial of political cinema. -- Alice Pember, Queen Mary University of London * Film-Philosophy * A bold intervention in Ranciere scholarship and film-philosophy. Harvey takes films that have been deemed either politically impotent (This Is Not a Film, No) or simply apolitical (Synecdoche, New York, Climates, The Nine Muses) and mobilises close, formal analysis of their textual properties to mount a direct challenge to Ranciere's denial of political cinema. -- Alice Pember, Queen Mary University of London * Film-Philosophy * James Harvey is to be congratulated for fine and careful work that will stand strong and true both in film studies and, more generally, in Ranciere's critical reception. -- Professor Tom Conley, Harvard University