Visions of Avant-Garde Film: Polish Cinematic Experiments from Expressionism to Constructivism Contributor(s): Kuc, Kamila (Author) |
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ISBN: 0253024021 ISBN-13: 9780253024022 Publisher: Indiana University Press OUR PRICE: $33.25 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: December 2016 |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Performing Arts | Film - History & Criticism - Performing Arts | Individual Director |
Dewey: 791.436 |
LCCN: 2016040997 |
Physical Information: 0.52" H x 6" W x 9" (0.74 lbs) 246 pages |
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
Publisher Description: Warsaw- and London-based filmmakers Franciszka and Stefan Themerson are often recognized internationally as pioneers of the 1930s Polish avant-garde. Yet, from the turn of the century to the end of the 1920s, Poland's literary and art scenes were also producing a rich array of criticism and early experiments with the moving image that set the stage for later developments in the avant-garde. In this comprehensive and accessible study, Kamila Kuc draws on myriad undiscovered archival sources to tell the history of early Polish avant-garde movements--Symbolism, Expressionism, Futurism, and Constructivism--and to reveal their impact on later practices in art cinema. |