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Movie Journal : The Rise of the New American Cinema, 1959-1971 / Jonas Mekas.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Mekas, Jonas, 1922-2019, Author.
- Series:
- Film and Culture Series
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Motion pictures--United States.
- Motion pictures.
- Experimental films--United States--History and criticism.
- Experimental films.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (496 pages)
- Edition:
- second edition
- Place of Publication:
- New York, NY : Columbia University Press, [2016]
- Language Note:
- In English.
- System Details:
- Mode of access: World Wide Web.
- Summary:
- In his Village Voice "Movie Journal" columns, Jonas Mekas captured the makings of an exciting movement in 1960s American filmmaking. Works by Andy Warhol, Gregory J. Markapoulos, Stan Brakhage, Jack Smith, Robert Breer, and others echoed experiments already underway elsewhere, yet they belonged to a nascent tradition that only a true visionary could identify. Mekas incorporated the most essential characteristics of these films into a unique conception of American filmmaking's next phase. He simplified complex aesthetic strategies for unfamiliar audiences and appreciated the subversive genius of films that many dismissed as trash. This new edition presents Mekas's original critiques in full, with additional material on the filmmakers, film studies scholars, and popular and avant-garde critics whom he inspired and transformed.
- Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Foreword: The Great Mr. Mekas
- Introduction to the Second Edition
- Introduction
- 1959
- 1960
- 1961
- 1962
- 1963
- 1964
- 1965
- 1966
- 1967
- 1968
- 1969
- 1970
- 1971
- Afterword
- Appendix
- Acknowledgments
- Index
- Backmatter
- Notes:
- Includes index.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 23. Jul 2020)
- ISBN:
- 9780231541589
- 0231541589
- OCLC:
- 948247485
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