Serge Daney's 'La Maison cinéma et le monde' Tome 3 Published by P.O.L

Twenty years after his death from AIDS on June 11, 1992, French film critic Serge Daney is honored with the publication of the third volume of 'La Maison cinéma et le monde' by P.O.L, edited by Patrice Rollet. This 900-page book collects Daney's writings from 1986 to 1991, during his tenure at Libération, following the second volume covering 1981-1985. The period marks Daney's full stylistic maturity and his grappling with the 'death of cinema'—not the disappearance of films, but the rise of a new generation of viewers and 'promauteurs' more interested in cinematic concepts than actual films. Daney coined the term 'visuel' for advertising images that sell without showing. He used water metaphors to contrast cinema (solid ground) with video (amniotic bath), exemplified by films like Luc Besson's 'Le Grand Bleu' and Nanni Moretti's 'Palombella Rossa'. The volume also includes Daney's writings on television, tennis, politics, and manga, reflecting his diverse interests. Daney's critical approach, influenced by Gilles Deleuze, treats cinema as a clinical witness to the state of the world. The publication coincides with a special issue of the journal Trafic, which Daney co-founded, and film cycles at the Centre Pompidou and the Cinémathèque française.