Cinema 2: The Time-Image
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Cinema 2: The Time-Image is a major philosophical work by Gilles Deleuze that develops a theory of modern cinema through the concept of the "time-image," emphasizing new ways films represent time, perception, and thought.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Cinema 2: The Time-Image canonical | 2 |
| Cinéma 2: L’Image-temps | 1 |
| Deleuze’s Cinema books | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Cinema 2: The Time-Image Context triple: [Gilles Deleuze, notableWork, Cinema 2: The Time-Image]
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A.
The Film Sense
The Film Sense is a seminal theoretical work by Soviet filmmaker Sergei Eisenstein that explores the principles of film montage and cinematic expression.
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B.
Le Cinéma
Le Cinéma is a movie theater within Tokyo’s Bunkamura cultural complex, known for screening a curated selection of domestic and international films.
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C.
Kino: A New Art
"Kino: A New Art" is a seminal theoretical work by Soviet filmmaker Lev Kuleshov that helped define early film theory and the artistic principles of cinema.
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D.
Histoire(s) du cinéma
Histoire(s) du cinéma is an experimental multi-part video essay by Jean-Luc Godard that explores the history and language of cinema through dense montage, commentary, and archival imagery.
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E.
The Treachery of Images
The Treachery of Images is a famous 1929 painting by René Magritte that depicts a realistic pipe alongside the caption “Ceci n’est pas une pipe,” challenging viewers’ assumptions about representation and reality.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
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Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Cinema 2: The Time-Image Target entity description: Cinema 2: The Time-Image is a major philosophical work by Gilles Deleuze that develops a theory of modern cinema through the concept of the "time-image," emphasizing new ways films represent time, perception, and thought.
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A.
The Film Sense
The Film Sense is a seminal theoretical work by Soviet filmmaker Sergei Eisenstein that explores the principles of film montage and cinematic expression.
-
B.
Le Cinéma
Le Cinéma is a movie theater within Tokyo’s Bunkamura cultural complex, known for screening a curated selection of domestic and international films.
-
C.
Kino: A New Art
"Kino: A New Art" is a seminal theoretical work by Soviet filmmaker Lev Kuleshov that helped define early film theory and the artistic principles of cinema.
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D.
Histoire(s) du cinéma
Histoire(s) du cinéma is an experimental multi-part video essay by Jean-Luc Godard that explores the history and language of cinema through dense montage, commentary, and archival imagery.
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E.
The Treachery of Images
The Treachery of Images is a famous 1929 painting by René Magritte that depicts a realistic pipe alongside the caption “Ceci n’est pas une pipe,” challenging viewers’ assumptions about representation and reality.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
film theory book
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non-fiction book ⓘ philosophical work ⓘ |
| author | Gilles Deleuze ⓘ |
| centralConcept |
crystal-image
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sculpting in time ⓘ
surface form:
direct time-image
opsign ⓘ sonsign ⓘ time-image ⓘ |
| comparedWith | movement-image ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | France ⓘ |
| examines |
cinema and history
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cinema and politics ⓘ cinema and thought ⓘ disjunctive editing ⓘ new forms of cinematic time ⓘ non-chronological narratives ⓘ pure optical and sound situations ⓘ |
| focusesOn |
art cinema
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modernist film ⓘ post-World War II cinema ⓘ |
| follows | Cinema 1: The Movement-Image ⓘ |
| hasGenre |
aesthetics
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film criticism ⓘ philosophy of art ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
Charles Sanders Peirce
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Friedrich Nietzsche ⓘ Henri Bergson ⓘ Immanuel Kant ⓘ |
| languageOfTitle | English ⓘ |
| notableFor |
influence on film studies
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influence on philosophy of cinema ⓘ theory of the time-image ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | French ⓘ |
| originalTitle |
Cinema 2: The Time-Image
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
Cinéma 2: L’Image-temps
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| philosophicalTradition |
continental philosophy
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poststructuralism ⓘ |
| precedes | N/A ⓘ |
| publicationYear | 1985 ⓘ |
| series | Cinema ⓘ |
| subject |
cinema
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film theory ⓘ modern cinema ⓘ perception ⓘ philosophy of film ⓘ postwar cinema ⓘ thought ⓘ time ⓘ time-image ⓘ |
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Referenced by (4)
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this entity surface form:
Deleuze’s Cinema books
this entity surface form:
Cinéma 2: L’Image-temps