Experimental Cinema, The Film Reader

Name: Experimental Cinema, The Film Reader
Brand: Taylor & Francis
SKU: 9780415277860
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Series: In Focus: Routledge Film Readers

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Experimental Cinema, The Film Reader compiles essential writings on American avant-garde cinema, charting the evolution of underground filmmaking from the 1920s to contemporary film and video art. The Reader highlights key movements like the New American Cinema of the 1960s and Structuralist film of the 1970s, analysing influential practitioners while rediscovering overlooked filmmakers. Essays address crucial themes such as gender, sexuality, and race, alongside technical advances including Super 8mm and video usage.
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This collection is ideal for scholars, students, and enthusiasts of experimental and avant-garde film, as well as those interested in cultural studies exploring the intersections of film with social issues.

Brings together key writings on American avant-garde cinema to explore the long tradition of underground filmmaking from its origins in the 1920s to the work of contemporary film and video artists.

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Experimental Cinema, The Film Reader brings together key writings on American avant-garde cinema to explore the long tradition of underground filmmaking from its origins in the 1920s to the work of contemporary film and video artists.

The Reader traces the development of major movements such as the New American Cinema of the 1960s and the Structuralist films of the 1970s, examining the work of key practitioners and recovering neglected filmmakers.

Contributors focus on the ways in which underground films have explored issues of gender, sexuality, and race, and foreground important technical innovations such as the use of Super 8mm and video.

Includes essays by: Sydney P. Adams, Stan Brakhage, Wheeler Winston Dixon, David Ehrenstein, Gwendolyn Audrey Foster, Surajan Ganguly, Gloria Gibson, Peter Gidal, Kate Haugh, Chris Holmlund.

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ISBN: 9780415277860

Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd

Format: Hardback

Date Published: 03 October 2002

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Routledge

Contributors:

Edited by Gwendolyn Audrey Foster
Edited by Wheeler Winston-Dixon

Audience: Tertiary education

DIMENSIONS

Width: 156.0mm

Height: 234.0mm

Weight: 840g

Pages: 366

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Arts & Culture Non-Fiction Series: In Focus: Routledge Film Readers

About the Author

Wheeler Winston-Dixon is Professor of Film Studies and Chair of the Film Studies Program at the University of Nebraska. Gwendolyn Audrey Foster is Associate Professor in the Department of English at the University of Nebraska.

Experimental Cinema, The Film Reader