Thursday 8 April 2010

The Character of Glue. Jerry Lewis. The Big Mouth

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The Character of Glue
Jerry Lewis
The Big Mouth


Gilles Deleuze

Cinema 2: The Time Image
Cinéma 2: L'image-temps

Chapter III. From Recollection to Dreams: Third Commentary on Bergson
Chapitre III. Du souvenir aux rêves (troisième commentaire de Bergson)

3g: Lewis and Tati
3g: Lewis et Tati


the 'proliferations' by which the burlesque character makes others swarm together (the six uncles in Family Jewels), or implicates others who are absorbed (the three in Three on a Couch); the cases of 'spontaneous generation' of faces, bodies, or crowds; the 'agglutinations' of characters who meet, joint together and separate (The Big Mouth). [Deleuze Cinema 2, 1989: 63d]

les « proliférations » par lesquelles le personnage burlesque en essaime d'autres (les six oncles de « Family Jewels »), ou en implique d'autres qui se résorbent (les trois de « Three on a Couch »); les « générations spontanées » de visages, de corps ou de foules; les « agglutinations » de personnages qui se rencontrent, se soudent et se séparent (« The big mouth »)[DeleuzeCinéma 2, 1985: 89-90]

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Deleuze, Gilles. Cinema 2: The Time Image. Transl. Hugh Tomlinson and Robert Galeta. London & New York: 1989.

Deleuze, Gilles. Cinéma 2: L'image-temps. Paris: Les éditions de minuit, 1985.

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