Title: The avant-garde feature film : a critical history /
Authors: Verrone, William.
Publisher: McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers,
Year: 2012
Subjects: Experimental films History and criticism.
Abstract: "Here is a critical and historical overview of unconventional and aesthetically challenging films, all of feature length. The author focuses on the particular forms of contemporary avant-garde films, which often rely on characteristics associated with historical films of the same genre"--Provided by publisher.
Contents: Introduction -- Avant-garde film: history, theory and criticism. What is an avant-garde film? -- The historical avant-gardes and the styles of inflence for the avant-garde feature film -- Case studies -- The real avant-garde. Some considerations of the inflence of the real avant-garde -- Case studies -- The contemporary avant-garde feature film. Underground film and the avant-garde -- Types of avant-garde feature films -- The contemporary avant-garde feature film -- Case studies -- Conclusion.