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A Critical Cinema: Bk. 2: Interviews with Independent Film-makers

A Critical Cinema: Bk. 2: Interviews with Independent Film-makers
Library Shelf Location 30.MACD
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Description This sequel to "A Critical Cinema" offers a new collection of interviews with independent filmmakers. Scott MacDonald reveals the sophisticated thinking of these artists regarding film, politics and contemporary gender issues. The interviews explore the careers of Robert Breer, Trinh T. Minh-ha, James Benning, Su Friedrich, and Godfrey Reggio. Yoko Ono discusses her cinematic collaboration with John Lennon; Michael Snow talks about his music and films. Anne Robertson describes her cinematic diaries; Jonas Mekas and Bruce Baillie recall the New York and California avant-garde film culture. The selection has a particularly strong group of women filmmakers, including Yvonne Rainer, Laura Mulvey and Lizzie Borden. Other notable artists are Anthony McCall, Andrew Noren, Ross McElwee, Anne Severson, and Peter Watkins. About the Author Scott MacDonald, editor of A Critical Cinema: Interviews with Independent Filmmakers (California, 1988), has written for Film Quarterly, October, Afterimage, Wide Angle, and Cinema Journal. He is Professor of English at Utica College in Utica, New York.
ISBN 9780520079182
Quantity 1
Pages 476 Pages
Author Scott Macdonald
Format Paperback
Publisher University of California Press, Berkeley, Los Angeles, London
Related Artists Michael Snow, Andrew Noren, Jonas Mekas, Anthony McCall, James Benning, Robert Breer, Bruce Baillie, Anne Robertson, Lizzie Borden, Ross McElwee, Su Friedrich, Peter Watkins, Anne Severson, Yvonne Rainer, Yoko Ono
Category Film and Artists' Moving Image
Language English

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