L’EXPÉRIENCE INTÉRIEURE, PENSER DEDANS

Facing the camera, Jean-Luc Nancy talks about the body. Known to film-lovers for L’Intrus (The Intruder), his account of a heart transplant adapted by Claire Denis, here he addresses the question of the body’s limits, both internal and external, visible and invisible, while Philippe Poirier, the director, shows him pictures. Clips from science-fiction, documentary and medical films serve as excellent launch pads for his philosophical words as well giving cinematographic pleasure, creating a duel of intellect and images – the joy of speech and the imagination… (N.L.)