Film Culture Reader

by Adams P. Sitney (Editor)

Overview

This compilation from Film Culture magazine—the pioneering periodical in avant-garde film commentary—includes contributors like Charles Boultenhouse, Erich von Stroheim, Michael McClure, Stan Brakhage, Annette Michelson, Arthur Miller, Dylan Thomas, Andrew Sarris, Rudolph Arnheim, Jonas Mekas, and Parker Tyler. This collection covers a range of topics in twentieth century cinema, from the Auteur Theory to the commercial cinema, from Orson Welles to Kenneth Anger.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780815411017
Publisher:	Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc.
Publication date:	10/17/2000
Edition description:	1ST COOPER
Pages:	368
Product dimensions:	5.60(w) x 8.52(h) x 0.98(d)

About the Author

P. Adams Sitney is a noted writer on film and a former editor of Film Culture magazine. He is also the author of Visionary Film and Modernist Montage, and has edited The Avant Garde Reader. He teaches at Princeton University and lives in New Jersey.

Editorial Reviews

A must for any fan of avante-garde and art film.

Film Comment

A must for any fan of avante-garde and art film.--Film Comment

A readable, serious, and extremely valuable anthology.--Library Journal

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