The amateur as auteur : discovering paradise in pictures

The Resource The amateur as auteur : discovering paradise in pictures
Label
The amateur as auteur : discovering paradise in pictures
Title remainder
discovering paradise in pictures
Statement of responsibility
Anthology Film Archives in association with British Film Institute, Cineric, Inc., Deutsches Filmmuseum, Film Preservation Associates, George Eastman House, The Library of Congress, The Museum of Modern Art present ; curator: Bruce Posner ; DVD producer: David Shepard
Title variation
Discovering paradise in pictures
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Subject
Genre
Language
eng
Summary
American experimental film has existed since the technological inception of cinema, through its adolescent rambles of 1900-1919, rising phoenix-like during the high silent era, and finally matured and spread throughout the '30's and onward. The background against which the experimentalists toiled provides a fascinating review of Americana coupled with numerous cross-currents, successes and failures, and an unfailing desire to create on film an image that can be viewed as an independent and provocative art. These home-made films incorporate avant-garde strategies and techniques to achieve a true sense of cinematic intimacy
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Cataloging source
SFR
Characteristic
videorecording
Runtime
175
Series statement
Unseen cinema : Early American avant-garde film 1894-1941
Series volume
6
Target audience
general
Technique
live action
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