Deleuze on Philosophy, Cinema and the Creative Act

French philosopher Gilles Deleuze (1925-1995) was one of the most original and influential thinkers of the latter half of the twentieth century.  He was also one of the first philosophers to seriously consider the nature, structures and significance of cinema.  In his later years, Deleuze published two books on the topic, Cinema 1: The Movement-Image and Cinema 2: The Time-Image, both of which  now stand as central texts in the Philosophy of Film. 

The following is a conference talk (in French, with English subtitles) that Deleuze presented in 1987 on the "act of creation."  In it, he summarizes many of his core insights from the Cinema books.  I encourage you all to take 45 minutes to watch this fascinating and provocative lecture by Deleuze.