| Description |
xvi, 216 pages : illustrations, portraits, ; 26 cm |
| Contents |
1. Routines of emancipation : Jonas Mekas and alternative cinema in the ideology and politics of the sixties -- 2. Identity and/as moving image -- 3. The redemption of the city -- 4. The resurgence of history and the avant-garde essay film -- 5. The last of the last machine? -- 6. The western edge : oil of LA and the machined image -- 7. Springing tired chains : African American experimental film and video -- 8. Bodies, language, and the impeachment of vision : the avant-garde at fifty -- 9. "I just pass my hands over the surface of things" : on the off the screen, circa 2003 -- App. Lines of sight (a travelogue) |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Subject |
Experimental films -- United States -- History and criticism.
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| LC no. |
2004018120 |
| ISBN |
0816642648 cased |
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0816642656 paperback |
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