The melancholy lens : loss and mourning in American avant-garde cinema / Tony Pipolo.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Pipolo, Tony, author.

Series:

Oxford scholarship online.

Oxford scholarship online

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Experimental films--United States--History and criticism.

Experimental films.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (212 pages) : illustrations (black and white, and colour).

Place of Publication:

New York, New York : Oxford University Press, [2021]

Summary:

'The Melancholy Lens' is an original study of the films and videos of five major figures of American avant-garde cinema: Maya Deren, Stan Brakhage, Gregory Markopoulos, Robert Beavers, and Ernie Gehr. Unlike other books on these artists, the approach of 'The Melancholy Lens' is to examine the filmic form, imagery, and structures of the selected works in terms of how they reflect, directly or indirectly, consciously or unconsciously, important aspects of the personal and psychological dimensions of each artist, including how each grappled with significant losses in their lives. The author, a film scholar and practicing psychoanalyst, is in a unique position to consider these filmmakers and their work from such a perspective.

Notes:

Also issued in print: 2021.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

0-19-755120-3

0-19-755118-1

0-19-755119-X

OCLC:

1243262255