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Ten Skies

Ten Skies
Library Shelf Location 30.BALS
Publication Date Jun 2021
Description

Ten shots of the sky, each ten minutes long. That’s all it takes to describe James Benning’s film from 2004. And yet, this simplicity conceals a rich and absorbing drama, one of the great works of the American avant-garde. Scholar and critic Erika Balsom unfolds its hidden intricacies of meaning, extending its lessons with crystalline prose, a comparable sense of depths, and an exhilarating, maximalist intimation of what criticism can do and become. She brings you from the film itself into the mind of the artist, through philosophical musings and art historical scholarship. The book is part of a Decadent Editions series of 10 books about 10 films.

ISBN 9783981918687
Quantity 1
Pages 168
Author Erika Balsom
Format Paperback
Publisher Fireflies Press
Category Film and Artists' Moving Image
Keywords Film, sky, James Benning, American avant-garde
Language English

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