Although Gilles Deleuze never wanted a film to be made about him, he agreed to Claire Parnet's proposal to film a series of conversations in which each letter of the alphabet would evoke a word: From A (as in Animal) to Z (as in Zigzag). These DVDs, elegantly transtlated and subtitled in English, make these conversations available for English-speaking audiences? for the first time.In dialogue with Parnet (a journalist and former student of Deleuze), the philosopher exhibited the modest and thrilling transparency that his seminal works (such as Anti-Oedipus and A Thousand Plateaus) reveal. The sessions were taped when Deleuze was already terminally ill; he and Parnet agreed that the film would not be shown publicly until after his death. The awareness of mortality floats through the dialogues, making them not just intellectually stimulating but also emotionally engaging. Because Parnet knew Deleuze so well, she was able to draw him out--as no one else had--to what might be the 1001st plateau: a place of brilliance, rigor, and charm.In "A as in Animal," for example, Deleuze vents his hatred of pets: "A bark," he declares, "really seems to me the stupidest cry." Instead, he praises the tick: "... in a nature teeming with life, [the tick] extracts three things": light, smell, and touch. This, he claims, in a sense is philosophy. "And that is your life's dream?" Parnet wryly asks. "That's what constitutes a world," he replies. For Deleuze, doing philosophy meant not just creating concepts but living a life in philosophy. Gilles Deleuze from A to Z presents the mind of a great philosopher at work. 　　A as in Animal 　　B as in "Boire" (Drink) 　　C as in Culture 　　D as in Desire 　　E as in "Enfance" Childhood 　　F as in Fidelity 　　G as in Gauche (Left) 　　H as in History of Philosophy 　　I as in Idea 　　J as in Joy 　　K as in Kant 　　L as in Literature 　　M as in Malady 　　N as in Neurology 　　O as in Opera 　　P as in Professor 　　Q as in Question 　　R as in Resistance 　　S as in Style 　　T as in Tennis 　　U as in 'Un' (One) 　　V as in Voyage 　　W as in Wittgenstein 　　X, Y as in Unknowns 　　Z as in Zigzag

Although Gilles Deleuze never wanted a film to be made about him, he agreed to Claire Parnet's proposal to film a series of conversations in which each letter of the alphabet would evoke a word: From A (as in Animal) to Z (as in Zigzag). These DVDs, elegantly transtlated and subtitled in English, make these conversations available for English-speaking audiences? for the first time.In dialogue with Parnet (a journalist and former student of Deleuze), the philosopher exhibited the modest and thrilling transparency that his seminal works (such as Anti-Oedipus and A Thousand Plateaus) reveal. The sessions were taped when Deleuze was already terminally ill; he and Parnet agreed that the film would not be shown publicly until after his death. The awareness of mortality floats through the dialogues, making them not just intellectually stimulating but also emotionally engaging. Because Parnet knew Deleuze so well, she was able to draw him out--as no one else had--to what might be the 1001st plateau: a place of brilliance, rigor, and charm.In "A as in Animal," for example, Deleuze vents his hatred of pets: "A bark," he declares, "really seems to me the stupidest cry." Instead, he praises the tick: "... in a nature teeming with life, [the tick] extracts three things": light, smell, and touch. This, he claims, in a sense is philosophy. "And that is your life's dream?" Parnet wryly asks. "That's what constitutes a world," he replies. For Deleuze, doing philosophy meant not just creating concepts but living a life in philosophy. Gilles Deleuze from A to Z presents the mind of a great philosopher at work. 　　A as in Animal 　　B as in "Boire" (Drink) 　　C as in Culture 　　D as in Desire 　　E as in "Enfance" Childhood 　　F as in Fidelity 　　G as in Gauche (Left) 　　H as in History of Philosophy 　　I as in Idea 　　J as in Joy 　　K as in Kant 　　L as in Literature 　　M as in Malady 　　N as in Neurology 　　O as in Opera 　　P as in Professor 　　Q as in Question 　　R as in Resistance 　　S as in Style 　　T as in Tennis 　　U as in 'Un' (One) 　　V as in Voyage 　　W as in Wittgenstein 　　X, Y as in Unknowns 　　Z as in Zigzag

故事的主人公是一个床垫销售员，他在自己工作的商店里遇到了一个年轻的女人，并和后者发生了一段浪漫故事。

布莱恩（保罗·达诺 Paul Dano 饰）上过大学，家境殷实，还有两个中产哥哥，但他却选择做了高级床垫推销员，也毫无成家立业的打算，只是有一个古怪的人生目标——领养一个中国婴儿，但因他散漫的生活状态和条件，总是申请不到。一日，一个美丽的女孩海贝（佐伊·丹斯切尔 Zooey Deschanel 饰）走进了他的床垫店，还在试睡时候真的睡着了，两人就此相识，擦出火花。海贝是个标准富家女，她没有正经工作，也没有认真交过男朋友，和富豪老爸一起生活，心里留着风流老妈的阴影。布莱尔和海贝的交往在认真和逃避之间左右摇摆地进行起来，直到布莱恩的中国婴儿终于申请下来，已经决定离开他去巴黎学厨艺的海贝似乎也开始动摇……

本剧采用寓言故事的创作思维与方式，以“奇幻”“悬疑”为主要特色。在选材上，着重关注真与假、善与恶、美与丑等关乎人性道德底线的问题。它在奇幻的情节中融入生活的悲喜，看似轻松的剧情背后，实则蕴含着对自身的反思和对人性的深入探索。 每一集都包含一个奇幻元素，且上一集故事结尾的人物会引出下一集内容，整体以大轮回的叙事方式，展现人生的无常和各种看似不可能的存在。比如有一种能让任何人爱上你的玫瑰；有一台可让人任意切换人生的缝纫机；有一款能随意改变自己容貌的P图软件；有一条能穿梭时光的隧道；还有一种能让自己的肉长到别人身上的减肥药……面对这些不可思议的事物，我们是要屈服于内心的欲望，还是坚守道德底线呢？或许只有在这不可思议的世界里，我们才能发现内心深处最真实的欲望，体验别样的人生。

本剧运用寓言故事的创作思维与方式，主打“奇幻”“悬疑” 。在取材方面，将更多目光聚焦在真与假、善与恶、美与丑等人性道德底线上。在奇幻之余带有生活的悲喜，轻松背后却是对自身的反省、人性的探索。 该剧每集中包含一个奇幻的元素 ，故事结尾人物引出下一集故事，整体故事运用大轮回的方式，展现人生的无常与各种不可能存在。一种可以让任何人爱上你的玫瑰；一台可以让你任意切换人生的缝纫机；一个随意改变自己容貌的P图软件，一个能穿梭时光的隧道，一个能让自己的肉长到别人身上的减肥药……面对这不可思议的一切，我们是选择臣服内心的欲望，还是坚守道德的底线？只有在不可思议的世界里，我们才能发现自己内心深处最真实的欲望所在，体验不可思议的人生。

每集一个精彩的反转悬疑故事。

A fantastically atmospheric but rarely seen missing link in the development of Tod Browning’s artistry, set amid his favored milieu of shadowy sideshows and clever criminals, The Mystic provides a striking showcase for silent-era diva Aileen Pringle, who sports a series of memorably outré looks (courtesy of art-deco designer Erté) as Zara, a phony psychic in a Hungarian carnival who, under the guidance of a Svengali-like con man (Conway Tearle), crashes—and proceeds to swindle—American high society. Browning’s fascination with the weird is on full display in the eerie séance sequences, while his subversive moral ambiguity extends surprising sympathy to even the most seemingly irredeemable of antiheroes.

A fantastically atmospheric but rarely seen missing link in the development of Tod Browning’s artistry, set amid his favored milieu of shadowy sideshows and clever criminals, The Mystic provides a striking showcase for silent-era diva Aileen Pringle, who sports a series of memorably outré looks (courtesy of art-deco designer Erté) as Zara, a phony psychic in a Hungarian carnival who, under the guidance of a Svengali-like con man (Conway Tearle), crashes—and proceeds to swindle—American high society. Browning’s fascination with the weird is on full display in the eerie séance sequences, while his subversive moral ambiguity extends surprising sympathy to even the most seemingly irredeemable of antiheroes.

每集一个精彩的反转悬疑故事。