Deleuze and the Cinemas of Performance

Drawing on Gilles Deleuzes philosophy of the body, and on Deleuze-Spinozas relevant concepts of affect and expression, Elena del Ro examines a kind of cinema that she calls `affective-performative. The features of this cinema unfold via detailed and engaging discussions of the movements, gestures and speeds of the body in a variety of films by Douglas Sirk, Rainer W. Fassbinder, Sally Potter, Claire Denis, and David Lynch. Key to the books engagement with performance is a consistent attention to the bodys powers of affection.