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The past thirty years have seen the proliferation of forms of independent cinema that critique the conventions of mass-market commercial movies from within the movie theater. Motion Studies examines fifteen of the most suggestive and useful films from this film tradition: No. 4 (Bottoms) by Yoko Ono, Wavelength by Michael Snow, Serene Velocity by Ernie Gehr, Print Generation by J. J. Murphy, Standard Gauge by Morgan Fisher, Zorns Lemma by Hollis Frampton, Riddles of the Sphinx by Laura Mulvey and Peter Wollen, American Dreams by James Benning, The Ties that Bind by Su Friedrich, From the Pole to the Equator by Yervant Gianikian and Angela Ricci Lucchi, The Carriage Trade by Warren Sonbert, Powaqqatsi by Godfrey Reggio, Naked Spaces - Living Is Round by Trinh T Minh-ha, Journeys from Berlin 1971 by Yvonne Rainer and The Journey by Peter Watkins. Through in-depth readings of these works, Scott MacDonald takes viewers on a critical circumnavigation of the conventions of moviegoing as seen by filmmakers who have rebelled against the conventions. MacDonald's discussions do not merely analyze the films; they provide a useful, accessible, jargon-free critical apparatus for viewing avant-garde film, which communicates the author's pleasure in exploring "impenetrable" works with students and public audiences.
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- Title Avant-Garde Film: Motion Studies
- Author Scott MacDonald
- Binding Paperback
- Edition Reprint
- Pages 212
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Cambridge University Press, Cambridge
- Date 1993-02-26
- Features Index
- ISBN 9780521388214 / 052138821X
- Weight 0.75 lbs (0.34 kg)
- Dimensions 9 x 6 x 0.6 in (22.86 x 15.24 x 1.52 cm)
- Library of Congress subjects Experimental films - History and criticism
- Library of Congress Catalog Number 92017446
- Dewey Decimal Code 791.437
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