| Stan Brakhage: Filmmaker Contributor(s): James, David (Author) |
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ISBN: 1592132723 ISBN-13: 9781592132720 Publisher: Temple University Press OUR PRICE: $33.73 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: July 2005 Annotation: "Stan Brakhage: Filmmaker is a collection of essays, photographs, personal statements and reminiscences about the celebrated "avant garde filmmaker who died in 2003. The director of nearly four hundred short films, including "Dog Star Man, parts I-IV, and The "Roman Numeral Series, Brakhage is widely recognized as one of the great artists of the medium. His short films eschewed traditional narrative structure and his innovations in fast cutting, hand-held camerawork and multiple superimpositions created an unprecedentedly rich texture of images that provided the vocabulary for the explosion of independent filmmaking in the 1960s. "Stan Brakhage: Filmmaker chronicles both the director's personal and formal development. The essays in this book--by historians, filmmakers and other artists--assess Brakhage's contributions to the aesthetic and political history of filmmaking, from his emergence on the film scene and the establishment of his reputation, to the early-1980s. The result is a remarkable tribute to this lyrical, visionary artist. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Performing Arts | Film - History & Criticism - Performing Arts | Film - Direction & Production |
| Dewey: 791.430 |
| LCCN: 2004062556 |
| Series: Wide Angle Books |
| Physical Information: 0.61" H x 6.02" W x 8.88" (0.74 lbs) 248 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - 20th Century - Chronological Period - 21st Century |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Stan Brakhage: Filmmaker is a collection of essays, photographs, personal statements and reminiscences about the celebrate filmmaker, who died in 2003. The producer of some four hundred films, he is widely recognized as one of the great artists of the medium. His innovations in fast cutting, hand-held camerawork, and multiple superimpositions together created an unprecedentedly rich texture of images that provided the vocabulary for the explosion of independent filmmaking in the 1960s. His use of his own life and family as his subject matter and then later, his turn to hand-painted abstract films, inspired generations of filmmakers who refused the rewards of the mainstream film industry and instead tried to make cinema an artform directed by its own integrity and the vision of human emancipation. |
