| Dreams of Chaos, Visions of Order: Understanding the American Avant-Garde Cinema Contributor(s): Peterson, James (Author) |
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ISBN: 0814324576 ISBN-13: 9780814324578 Publisher: Wayne State University Press OUR PRICE: $28.70 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: January 1994 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Performing Arts | Film - History & Criticism |
| Dewey: 791.437 |
| LCCN: 93025672 |
| Series: Contemporary Approaches to Film and Media |
| Physical Information: 0.57" H x 6.94" W x 10.02" (1.08 lbs) 232 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: In spite of the difficulty of most American avant-garde films, one can read volumes and find almost no mention of how to view these films. Dreams of Chaos, Visions of Order addresses precisely this question: how--and to what extent--can viewers make sense of American avant-garde films? It is a controversial book that examines the implicit assumptions of traditional scholarship, advocates on alternative to dominant approaches to the avant-garde cinema, and questions some long-standing clich s about the history of the avant-garde. |