Direct theory : experimental film/video as major genre /Edward S. Small. [electronic resource]

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Small, Edward S., 1939-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Experimental films--History and criticism.

Experimental films.

Genre:

Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xvi, 122 p. ) ill. ;

Place of Publication:

Carbondale : Southern Illinois University Press, c1994.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Acting as a classic apologist for an overlooked and misunderstood category of work, Edward S. Small has produced a historical theoretical survey of that international body of film and (more recently) video loosely labeled "avant garde." In six chapters, Small surveys the entire development of experimental film, covering seven decades from its beginnings in the European avant garde movement, tracing this development through American underground production and international structuralist works, and ending with the experimental videos of the 1990s. Interwoven throughout is a discussion of concomitant classic and contemporary written film theory.

Contents:

Experimental film/video as direct theory

Experimental film/video as major genre

The European avant-garde

The American avant-garde and the American underground

Expanded cinema and visionary film

Experimental.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. 115-116) and index.

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

ISBN:

0-585-10751-3