| Description |
333 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm |
| Contents |
1. Introduction / David E. James -- 2. Routines of Emancipation: Alternative Cinema in the Ideology and Politics of the Sixties / Paul Arthur -- 3. The Old Days / George Kuchar -- 4. Jonas Mekas: A European Critic in America / John Pruitt -- 5. "Loved Him, Hated It": An Interview with Andrew Sarris / Tom Gunning -- 6. The Apron Strings of Jonas Mekas / Marjorie Keller -- 7. How I Think I Made Some of My Films / Rudy Burckhardt -- 8. The Forest and The Trees / J. Hoberman -- 9. Notes on Displacement: The Poems and Diary Films of Jonas Mekas / Vyt Bakaitis -- 10. During the Second Half of the Sixties / Richard Foreman -- 11. Film Diary/Diary Film: Practice and Product in Walden / David E. James -- 12. A Portfolio of Photographs / Peter Moore -- 13. Reminiscences, Subjectivities, and Truths / Maureen Turim -- 14. My Contacts with Jonas Mekas / Robert Breer -- 15. Lost, Lost, Lost: Mekas as Essayist / Michael Renov -- 16. Dear Friends / Peter Kubelka |
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17. Film Writing and the Figure of Death: He Stands in a Desert Counting the Seconds of His Life / Scott Nygren -- 18. A Tale of Two Co-ops / David Curtis -- 19. Jonas Mekas / Stan Brakhage -- 20. Wearing the Critic's Hat: History, Critical Discourses, and the American Avant-Garde Cinema / Lauren Rabinovitz -- 21. Who Is Afraid of Jonas Mekas? / Nam June Paik -- 22. Video at Anthology / Bob Harris -- 23. I Feel Passionate about the Film Journals of Jonas Mekas / Richard Leacock -- 24. Home Movies of the Avant-Garde: Jonas Mekas and the New York Art World / Jeffrey K. Ruoff -- A. Autobiographical Notes / Jonas Mekas -- B. Filmography / Jonas Mekas -- C. Showcases I Ran in the Sixties / Jonas Mekas -- B. Books Published / Jonas Mekas |
| Bibliography |
Filmography: pages [321]-322 |
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Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Subject |
Mekas, Jonas, 1922-2019 -- Criticism and interpretation.
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Experimental films -- New York (State) -- New York.
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Motion picture industry -- New York (State) -- New York.
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| Author |
James, David E., 1945-
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| LC no. |
91031685 |
| ISBN |
0691078947 alkaline paper |
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069102345X paperback alkaline paper |
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