Do Filminds Dream of Celluloid Sheep? Lacan, Filmosophy and Blade Runner 2049

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Tyrer, B. 2021. Do Filminds Dream of Celluloid Sheep? Lacan, Filmosophy and Blade Runner 2049. in: Lacanian Perspectives on Blade Runner 2049 Cham Palgrave Macmillan. pp. 13-39
Chapter titleDo Filminds Dream of Celluloid Sheep? Lacan, Filmosophy and Blade Runner 2049
AuthorsTyrer, B.
Abstract

This essay explores the role of the unconscious in both Daniel Frampton’s filmosophy (where it is unacknowledged) and in Blade Runner 2049 (where it is in question). Reading the “filmind” of 2049 as a “replicant film” or “replicant filmind”, the chapter examines the relationship between “posthuman” thinking in both Frampton and 2049, and relating it to the nonhuman thinking of the Lacanian unconscious—wherein the truth of the subject is to be found.

Middlesex University ThemeCreativity, Culture & Enterprise
Page range13-39
Book titleLacanian Perspectives on Blade Runner 2049
PublisherPalgrave Macmillan
Place of publicationCham
SeriesThe Palgrave Lacan Series
ISBN
Hardcover9783030567538
Electronic9783030567545
Publication dates
Online19 Dec 2020
PrintJan 2021
Publication process dates
Deposited12 Jun 2023
Output statusPublished
Digital Object Identifier (DOI)https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-56754-5_2
LanguageEnglish
JournalLacanian Perspectives on Blade Runner 2049
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