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The filming of modern life : European avant-garde film of the 1920s / Malcolm Turvey.

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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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