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Film Culture Reader
Author(s): Adams P. Sitney (Author)
- Publisher: Cooper Square Press
- Publication Date: 17 Oct. 2000
- Edition: Illustrated
- Language: English
- Print length: 368 pages
- ISBN-10: 0815411014
- ISBN-13: 9780815411017
Book Description
This compilation from Film Culture magazine-the pioneering periodical in avant-garde film commentary-includes contributors like Charles Boultenhouse, Erich von Stroheim, Michael McClure, Stan Brakhage, Annette Michelson, Arthur Miller, Dylan Thomas, Andrew Sarris, Rudolph Arnheim, Jonas Mekas, and Parker Tyler. This collection covers a range of topics in twentieth century cinema, from the Auteur Theory to the commercial cinema, from Orson Welles to Kenneth Anger.
Editorial Reviews
Review
A must for any fan of avante-garde and art film.– “Film Comment”
A readable, serious, and extremely valuable anthology.– “Library Journal”
About the Author
P. Adams Sitney is a noted writer on film and a former editor of Film Culture magazine. He is also the author of Visionary Film and Modernist Montage, and has edited The Avant Garde Reader. He teaches at Princeton University and lives in New Jersey.
