Frontmatter -- Acknowledgements -- Contents -- List of tables and figures. Notes on citations and tables -- Preface -- 1 Peirce's Semeiotic and the Living Sign -- 2 Parallel Developments and Divergences -- 3 Rupture, Dissent, and Conflict in the Cinema of Jon Jost -- 4 War and biophilia in the cinema of Johan van der Keuken -- 5 Terror and love in the cinema of Rithy Panh -- Conclusion -- References -- Index