Jonas Mekas

Movie Journal

The Rise of the New American Cinema, 1959-1971

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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 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… Mehr

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Produktdetails

ISBN: 978-0-231-17557-9
EAN: 9780231175579
Produktnummer: 19199874
Verlag: Columbia University Press
Sprache: Englisch
Erscheinungsjahr: 2016
Seitenangabe: 496 S.
Masse: H15.5 cm x B22.9 cm x D2.3 cm 706 g
Auflage: second edition
Abbildungen: 12 b&w illustrations
Gewicht: 706
Sonstiges: Professional & Vocational

Über den Autor

Jonas Mekas is a filmmaker, critic, and poet who lives and works in Brooklyn. His Movie Journal column ran in the Village Voice from 1958 to 1975. In 1954, he cofounded the journal Film Culture. He is also a cofounder of the Film-Makers' Cooperative and Anthology Film Archives. His major films include The Brig (1964), Walden (Diaries, Notes, Sketches) (1969), Reminiscences of a Journey to Lithuania (1971), and As I Was Moving Ahead Occasionally I Saw Brief Glimpses of Beauty (2000).