Toward cinema and its double

This book brings together Jayamanne´ s discussions of Australian films, Sri Lankan films, European art films, silent fim comedy, contemporary American films, and her own films. While some of her essays are based on formal film analysis, others include more theoretically based ways of considering films. In her studies, gthe author employs Walter Benjamin´ s and Theodor Adorno´ s concept of mimesis and Gilles Deleuze´ s theses on cinematic time and movement as tools for thinking about the cinematic experience in new ways.