This collection presents, for the first time in English, Jean-Fran ois Lyotard's major essays on film: 'Acinema', 'The Unconscious as Mise-en-sc ne', 'Two Metamorphoses of the Seductive in Cinema' and 'The Idea of a Sovereign Film'. Then, eight critical essays by philosophers and film theorists examine Lyotard's film work and influence across two sections: 'Approaches and Interpretations' and 'Applications and Extensions'. These works are complemented...