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In his Village Voice Movie Journal columns, Jonas Mekas captured the makings of an exciting movement in 1960s American filmmaking. Works by Andy Warhol, Gregory J. Markapoulos, Stan Brakhage, Jack Smith, Robert Breer, and others echoed experiments already underway elsewhere, yet they belonged to a nascent tradition that only a true visionary could identify. Mekas incorporated the most essential characteristics of these films into a unique conception of American filmmaking's next phase. He simplified complex aesthetic strategies for unfamiliar audiences and appreciated the subversive genius of films that many dismissed as trash. This new edition presents Mekas's original critiques in full, with additional material on the filmmakers, film studies scholars, and popular and avant-garde critics whom he inspired and transformed.Product Identifiers
PublisherColumbia University Press
ISBN-139780231175579
eBay Product ID (ePID)16046659448
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Book TitleMovie Journal: the Rise of the New American Cinema, 1959-1971
AuthorJonas Mekas
FormatPaperback
LanguageEnglish
Publication Year2016
Number of Pages496 Pages
Dimensions
Item Height229mm
Item Width152mm
Additional Product Features
Title_AuthorJonas Mekas
Series TitleFilm and Culture Series
Country/Region of ManufactureUnited States