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Record Nr.

UNINA9910464961603321

Autore

Turvey Malcolm <1969->

Titolo

The filming of modern life : European avant-garde film of the 1920s / / Malcolm Turvey

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cambridge, Massachusetts ; ; London, England : , : The MIT Press, , 2011

©2011

ISBN

0-262-01518-8

0-262-29530-X

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (226 p.)

Collana

October Books

Disciplina

791.43/61109409042

Soggetti

Experimental films - Europe - History and criticism

Art and motion pictures - Europe

Art and society - Europe - History - 20th century

Modernism (Art) - Europe

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1 Abstraction and Rhythm 21; 2 "Cinema pur" and Ballet mécanique; 3 Dada, Entr'acte, and Paris qui dort; 4 Surrealism and Un chien Andalou; 5 City Symphony and Man with a Movie Camera; 6 Film, Distraction, and Modernity; Notes; Index

Sommario/riassunto

The complex stance toward modernity taken by 1920's avant-garde cinema, as exemplified by five major films.