ISBN10: 0816642656, ISBN13: 9780816642656, [publisher: University of Minnesota Press 2005-01-15, Minneapolis] Softcover Language: ENG
[London, United Kingdom] [Publication Year: 2005]

ISBN10: 0816642656, ISBN13: 9780816642656, [publisher: University of Minnesota Press, Minnesota] Softcover Paperback. Balancing close analysis of both major and lesser-known films with detailed examinations of their production, distribution, and exhibition, Arthur addresses the avant-garde's cultural significance while offering a timely reconsideration of accepted critical categories and artistic options. Rather than treating American avant-garde cinema as a series of soccessive artistic breakthroughs, this book emhasizes the importance of social and institutional networks, material exchanges, and historical disruptions and continuities. For three decades, Paul Arthur has been a leading observer and critic as well as a direct participant in America's avant-garde cinema. In "A Line of Sight, he provides a sweeping new account of the extravagant energies of American experimental cinema since 1965. Balancing close analysis of both major and lesser-known films with detailed examinations of their production, distribution, and exhibition, Arthur addresses the avant-garde's cultural significance while offering a timely reconsideration of accepted critical categories and artistic options. Rather than treating American avant-garde cinema as a series of successive artistic breakthroughs, "A Line of Sight emphasizes the importance of social and institutional networks, material exchanges, and historical disruptions and continuities. ...