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Record Nr.

UNINA9910823737003321

Autore

Elder Bruce (R. Bruce)

Titolo

The films of Stan Brakhage in the American tradition of Ezra Pound, Gertrude Stein and Charles Olson / / R. Bruce Elder

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Waterloo, Ont., : Wilfrid Laurier University Press, 1998

ISBN

1-280-92499-3

9786610924998

0-88920-816-6

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (585 p.)

Disciplina

791.43

791.430233092

Soggetti

Motion pictures

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

"Stan Brakhage filmography"-- P. 545-553.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Four for America: Williams, Pound, Stein, Brakhage -- The Conception of the Body in Open Form Poetics and Its Influence on Stan Brakhage's Filmmaking -- Glossary.

Sommario/riassunto

Since the late 1950's Stan Brakhage has been in the forefront of independent filmmaking. His body of work, some seventy hours, is one of the largest of any filmmaker in the history of cinema, and one of the most diverse. Probably the most widely quoted experimental filmmaker in history, his films typify the independent cinema.  Until now, despite well-deserved acclaim, there has been no comprehensive study of Brakhage's oeuvre. The Films of Stan Brakhage in the American Tradition fills this void. R. Bruce Elder delineates the aesthetic parallels between Brakhage's films and a broad spectrum of American art from the 1920's through the 1960's.  This book is certain to stir the passions of those interested in artistic critique and interpretation in its broadest terms.