Intro: Brasschaat-Bombay: a way of inhabiting a culture / Meghan Morris - ch. 3. The Sirkian system -- ch. 7. The Ophuls text: a thesis -- ch. 9. Bangkok-Bahrain-Berlin-Jerusalem: Amos Gitai's editing -- ch. 11. The National -- ch. 12. Through the glass darkly: Cinephilia reconsidered