Film at Wit's End: Eight Avant-garde Filmmakers

Film at Wit's End: Eight Avant-garde Filmmakers
ISBN-10
0914232991
ISBN-13
9780914232995
Category
Biography & Autobiography / General
Pages
183
Language
English
Published
1989
Publisher
Documentext
Author
Stan Brakhage

Description

Based on lectures that Brakhage gave at the school of the Art Institute of Chicago, this volume portrays eight artists who have electrified American independent cinema across four decades. With characteristic directness, anecdotal style, and wry humor, Brakhage, himself an influential American independent filmmaker, brings into sharp focus the life and work of Jerome Hill, Marie Menken, James Brouhgton, Maya Deren, Ken Jacobs, Sidney Peterson, Bruce Conner, and Christopher MacLaine. He also portrays the art scenes of New York and San Francisco during times of ferment and controversy. ISBN 0-914232-99-1: $20.00.

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