Shadows, specters, shards : making history in avant-garde film / Jeffrey Skoller.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Skoller, Jeffrey.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Historical films--History and criticism.

Historical films.

Experimental films--History and criticism.

Experimental films.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (280 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Minneapolis, MN : University of Minnesota Press, c2005.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Shadows, Specters, Shards examines experimental films, including work by Eleanor Antin, Ernie Gehr, and Jean-Luc Godard, that take up events such as the Holocaust, Latin American independence struggles, and urban politics. In his discussion of avant-garde film of the 1970s, 1980s, and 1990s, Jeffrey Skoller reveals how a nuanced understanding of the past is linked to the artistry of image making and storytelling.

Contents:

Intro

Contents

Acknowledgments

Introduction

1. Shards: Allegory as Historical Procedure

Eureka

Dal polo all'equatore

Tribulation 99: Alien Anomalies under America

2. Shadows: Historical Temporalities 1

The Man without a World

Urban Peasants

Cooperation of Parts

3. Virtualities: Historical Temporalities 2

Allemagne année 90 neuf zéro

Persistence

B/Side

Utopia

4. Specters: The Limits of Representing History

Signal-Germany on the Air

Killer of Sheep

Un vivant qui passe

5. Obsessive Returns: Filmmaking as Mourning Work

El día que me quieras

Chile, la memoria obstinada

Coda: Notes on History and the Postcinema Condition

Rock Hudson's Home Movies

Dichotomy

Beyond

Notes

Bibliography

Filmography and Distributors

Permissions

Index

A

B

C

D

E

F

G

H

I

J

K

L

M

N

O

P

Q

R

S

T

U

V

W

Y.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references (p. 205-214) and index.

Filmography: p. 215-218.

ISBN:

0-8166-9531-8

OCLC:

191929234