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Art in Cinema : documents toward a history of the film society / edited and introduction by Scott MacDonald.
- Format:
- Book
- Series:
- Wide angle books.
- Wide angle books
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Stauffacher, Frank, 1916-1955--Correspondence.
- Stauffacher, Frank.
- Art in Cinema Society--History--Sources.
- Art in Cinema Society.
- Art in Cinema Society--History.
- Art--History.
- Art.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (321 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Philadelphia : Temple University Press, 2006.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- From 1946 until 1954, the San Francisco-based film society Art in Cinema presented programs of independent film to audiences at the San Francisco Museum of Art and the University of California, Berkeley. Led by filmmaker Frank Stauffacher, Art in Cinema's programs pioneered the promotion of avant-garde cinema in America. Scott MacDonald's Art in Cinema presents complete programs presented by the legendary society; dozens of previously unavailable letters between Stauffacher, his collaborators, and filmmakers including Maya Deren, Hans Richter, Vincent Minelli, and Man Ray;
- Contents:
- Contents; List of Illustrations; Acknowledgments; Introduction; The Documents; Index
- Notes:
- Includes numerous letters to and from Frank Stauffacher, director of the film series, Art in cinema.
- Includes a facsimile of Art in cinema, published 1947 by the Art in Cinema Society.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Contains:
- Art in Cinema Society. Art in cinema.
- ISBN:
- 9786611094034
- 9781281094032
- 128109403X
- 9781592134274
- 1592134270
- OCLC:
- 437182567
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