TY  - BOOK
AU  - Verrone,William
TI  - The avant-garde feature film: a critical history 
SN  - 9780786488810 (ebook)
PY  - 2012///
CY  - Jefferson, N.C., London
PB  - McFarland
KW  - Experimental films
KW  - History and criticism
KW  - Performing Arts
KW  - ukslc
KW  - Films, cinema
KW  - thema
KW  - lcsh
N1  - Includes bibliographical references, filmography and index; Also available in printed form ISBN 9780786459100; Electronic reproduction; Askews and Holts; Mode of access: World Wide Web
N2  - "Here is a critical and historical overview of unconventional and aesthetically challenging films, all of feature length. The author focuses on the particular forms of contemporary avant-garde films, which often rely on characteristics associated with historical films of the same genre"--Provided by publisher; Here is a critical and historical overview of unconventional and aesthetically challenging films, all of feature length. The author focuses on the particular forms of contemporary avant-garde films, which often rely on characteristics associated with historical films of the same genre. Included are works by such visionary filmmakers as Dziga Vertov, Luis Bunuel, Jean Cocteau, Jean-Luc Godard, Stan Brakhage and Derek Jarman. The first of the two appendices contains a filmography of key avant-garde feature films, from Haxan: Witchcraft Through the Ages (1922) to Maximum Shame (2010). The second appendix offers a brief list of directors who have made significant contributions to films that take alternative approaches to cinematic practice, establishing new grounds for analysis and evaluation
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ER  -