Dreams of chaos, visions of order : understanding the American avante-garde cinema / James Peterson.
By: Peterson, James
Series: Contemporary film and television series: Publisher: Detroit : Wayne State University Press, c1994Description: xii, 212 p. ill.; 27 cm001: 14213ISBN: 0814324568; 9780814324561; 0814324576; 9780814324578Subject(s): Experimental films | Motion picturesDDC classification: 791.43750973 LOC classification: PN1995.9.E96
| Item type | Current library | Collection | Call number | Copy number | Status | Date due | Barcode | |
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| Book | MAIN LIBRARY Book | 791.4375 PET (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | 1 | Available | 089067 |
Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
In spite of the difficulty of most American avant-garde films, one can read volumes and find almost no mention of how to view these films. Dreams of Chaos, Visions of Order addresses precisely this question: how--and to what extent--can viewers make sense of American avant-garde films? It is a controversial book that examines the implicit assumptions of traditional scholarship, advocates on alternative to dominant approaches to the avant-garde cinema, and questions some long-standing clichés about the history of the avant-garde.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 195-206) and index.
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