Greg Hainge is Reader in French at the University of Queensland, Australia. He is the author of Noise Matters: Towards an Ontology of Noise (Bloomsbury 2013), a monograph on Céline and numerous articles on music, cinema, philosophy and literature. He is Editor-in-Chief of Culture Theory and Critique and serves on the editorial boards of Studies in French Cinema, Contemporary French Civilization, Etudes Céliniennes and Corps.

This book offers the very first comprehensive study of a major contemporary filmmaker and artist. From Grandrieux’s work as a producer to the deepest challenges posed by his films and installations, the study conducted by Greg Hainge illuminates the consistency and magnitude of an exceptional artistic career, organically structured by experimental values.

• List of IllustrationsAcknowledgementsIntroductionChapter 1. In the Beginning.Chapter 2. The Television Years.Chapter 3. Long-Form Documentaries.Chapter 4. Intermezzo. Chapter 5. Sombre (1998).Chapter 6. La Vie nouvelle [A New Life] (2002).Chapter 7. The Turn to Nature. Chapter 8. Un lac [A Lake] (2008).Chapter 9. Recent Works. Conclusion Afterword - Sonic CinemaReferences

Greg Hainge is Reader in French at the University of Queensland, Australia. He is the author of Noise Matters: Towards an Ontology of Noise (Bloomsbury 2013), a monograph on Céline and numerous articles on music, cinema, philosophy and literature. He is Editor-in-Chief of Culture Theory and Critique and serves on the editorial boards of Studies in French Cinema, Contemporary French Civilization, Etudes Céliniennes and Corps.

This book offers the very first comprehensive study of a major contemporary filmmaker and artist. From Grandrieux’s work as a producer to the deepest challenges posed by his films and installations, the study conducted by Greg Hainge illuminates the consistency and magnitude of an exceptional artistic career, organically structured by experimental values.

• List of IllustrationsAcknowledgementsIntroductionChapter 1. In the Beginning.Chapter 2. The Television Years.Chapter 3. Long-Form Documentaries.Chapter 4. Intermezzo. Chapter 5. Sombre (1998).Chapter 6. La Vie nouvelle [A New Life] (2002).Chapter 7. The Turn to Nature. Chapter 8. Un lac [A Lake] (2008).Chapter 9. Recent Works. Conclusion Afterword - Sonic CinemaReferences

Greg Hainge is Reader in French at the University of Queensland, Australia. He is the author of Noise Matters: Towards an Ontology of Noise (Bloomsbury 2013), a monograph on Céline and numerous articles on music, cinema, philosophy and literature. He is Editor-in-Chief of Culture Theory and Critique and serves on the editorial boards of Studies in French Cinema, Contemporary French Civilization, Etudes Céliniennes and Corps.

This book offers the very first comprehensive study of a major contemporary filmmaker and artist. From Grandrieux’s work as a producer to the deepest challenges posed by his films and installations, the study conducted by Greg Hainge illuminates the consistency and magnitude of an exceptional artistic career, organically structured by experimental values.

• List of IllustrationsAcknowledgementsIntroductionChapter 1. In the Beginning.Chapter 2. The Television Years.Chapter 3. Long-Form Documentaries.Chapter 4. Intermezzo. Chapter 5. Sombre (1998).Chapter 6. La Vie nouvelle [A New Life] (2002).Chapter 7. The Turn to Nature. Chapter 8. Un lac [A Lake] (2008).Chapter 9. Recent Works. Conclusion Afterword - Sonic CinemaReferences