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9780197551172

The Melancholy Lens Loss and Mourning in American Avant-Garde Cinema

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    9780197551172

  • ISBN10:

    0197551173

  • Format: Paperback
  • Copyright: 2021-05-14
  • Publisher: Oxford University Press

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Summary

The impact of significant loss has exerted a powerful influence on several American avant-garde filmmakers . The Melancholy Lens offers a detailed look at biographical and psychological factors discernible in the art of Maya Deren, Stan Brakhage, Gregory Markopoulos, Robert Beavers, and Ernie Gehr with an aim toward a greater understanding of their work.

Author Biography


Tony Pipolo is Professor Emeritus of Film and Literature at CUNY, New York. He is also a psychoanalyst in private practice and writes frequently on film for various journals and magazines.

Table of Contents


Introduction

Chapter 1. Father Time -- Maya Deren (Meshes of the Afternoon, At Land, Ritual in Transfigured Time)

Chapter 2. Self-Portrait -- Stan Brakhage and the Art of Vision

Chapter 3. Common Clay -- Stan Brakhage (Tortured Dust)

Chapter 4. A Dance With Death -- Gregory Markopoulos (The Mysteries)

Chapter 5. Eros Interruptus -- Robert Beavers (Sotiros, The Ground)

Chapter 6. Digital Delirium I -- Ken Jacobs (The Guests, Two Wrenching Departures)

Chapter 7. Digital Delirium II -- Ernie Gehr (to be selected)

Afterword -- Slow Burns: David Gatten (The Extravagant Shadows), Phil Solomon (American Falls),
Lewis Klahr (The Pharaoh's Belt), Nathaniel Dorsky (Death of a Poet)

Index

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