[Frameworks] Introductory books on experimental cinema

[Bob Zinck]

I don't think I saw this mentioned: "Light Moving in Time, Studies in the
Visual Aesthetics of Avant-Garde Film" by William C. Wees.

Bob Zinck

On Sun, Jan 8, 2017 at 3:53 AM, <paris-experimental at numericable.fr> wrote:

> Hi !
>
> In french, not translated
>
> Eloge du cinéma expérimental, 3rd ed., 2010, 381 p., by Dominique Noguez
> http://www.paris-experimental.asso.fr/project/eloge-du-
> cinema-experimental/
>
> One of the most important overview on history of experimental cinema,
> together with a complete introductory chapter (30 pages) on the definition
> of experimental cinema.
>
> Yours,
>
>
> Christian Lebrat
> PARIS EXPERIMENTAL
> http://www.paris-experimental.asso.fr
>
>
>
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> Date : 07/01/2017 14:17:30 CET
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>
> Hi Maxwell,
>
> Welcome to the list!
>
> The list Chuck sent lacks the title I would have recommended in the first
> place: Michael O´Pray's "Avant-Garde Film: Forms, Themes and Passions". It
> is actually conceived as an introduction to avant-garde film. It doesn't
> cover recent works but it goes from the 1920s to 1980s - 90s. It's a great
> book for a beginner, and if you are looking for "something broad that will
> give a jumping off point for as many artists as possible" you may want to
> have a look at Vogel's "Film as a Subversive Art" too!
>
> 2017-01-07 14:07 GMT+01:00 John McAndrew <jj.mcandrew at gmail.com>:
>
>> I'd say just start with books that are easily available and cheap to pick
>> up, like A.L. Rees' A History of Experimental Film and Video, published
>> by the British Film Institute (either edition is fine). I don't think
>> bombarding someone with a list of 30 or so books as an "introduction" is a
>> good idea... if they want to research the subject further then they can
>> investigate some of those other titles in the bibliography at the end of
>> that book - you know, after they've first finished reading it.
>>
>> John
>>
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