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The filming of modern life : European avant-garde film of the 1920s / Malcolm Turvey.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Turvey, Malcolm, 1969- author.
- Series:
- October Books
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Experimental films--Europe--History and criticism.
- Experimental films.
- Art and motion pictures--Europe.
- Art and motion pictures.
- Art and society--Europe--History--20th century.
- Art and society.
- Modernism (Art)--Europe.
- Modernism (Art).
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (226 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Cambridge, Massachusetts ; London, England : The MIT Press, 2011.
- Summary:
- The complex stance toward modernity taken by 1920's avant-garde cinema, as exemplified by five major films.
- Contents:
- Cover; Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1 Abstraction and Rhythm 21; 2 "Cinema pur" and Ballet mécanique; 3 Dada, Entr'acte, and Paris qui dort; 4 Surrealism and Un chien Andalou; 5 City Symphony and Man with a Movie Camera; 6 Film, Distraction, and Modernity; Notes; Index
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 0-262-01518-8
- 0-262-29530-X
- OCLC:
- 957700674
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