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The Rise of the New American Cinema, 1959-1971 (book in English)
by Jonas Mekas
- Type
- Director's writings
- Subject
- Director > Jonas Mekas
- Jonas Mekas
- Publishing Date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press
- Collection
- (no collection)
- Language
- English
Relative size
- Physical desc.
- Paperback • 496 pages • 50 €
6 x 8 ¾ inches (15 x 22.5 cm)
Also available as an eBook. - ISBN
- 978-0-231-17557-9
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Book Presentation:
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 J. 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 presents Mekas's original critiques in full, with additional material on the filmmakers, film studies scholars, and popular and avant-garde critics whom he inspired and transformed.
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See the complete filmography of Jonas Mekas on the website: IMDB ...
> From the same author:
Jonas Mekas (2018)
Conversations with Filmmakers
by Jonas Mekas
(in English)
Subject: Director > Jonas Mekas
A Pétrarque (2009)
Qui traversa les collines de Provence à pied
by Jonas Mekas
Subject: Director > Jonas Mekas
Lettres de nulle part (2004)
Letters from Nowhere
by Jonas Mekas
(in French and English)
Subject: Director > Jonas Mekas
Fluxfriends (2002)
George Maciunas: Yoko Ono, John Lennon
by Jonas Mekas
Subject: Director > Jonas Mekas
Déclarations de Paris (2001)
Statements from Paris
by Jonas Mekas
(in French and English)
Subject: Director > Jonas Mekas
Ciné-journal (1992)
Un nouveau cinéma américain (1959-1971)
by Jonas Mekas
Subject: Director > Jonas Mekas
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Jonas Mekas (2020)
Interviews
by Gregory R. Smulewicz-Zucker
(in English)
Subject: Director > Jonas Mekas
Jonas Mekas (2018)
Conversations with Filmmakers
by Jonas Mekas
(in English)
Subject: Director > Jonas Mekas
Diaries, Notes and Sketches de Jonas Mekas (2014)
D'un paradis l'autre
Subject: Director > Jonas Mekas
Jonas Mekas (2013)
Films, vidéos, installations (1962-2012)
by Pip Chodorov, Emeric de Lastens and Benjamin Léon
Subject: Director > Jonas Mekas
A Pétrarque (2009)
Qui traversa les collines de Provence à pied
by Jonas Mekas
Subject: Director > Jonas Mekas
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