Negative space
Subtitle: Manny Farber on the movies
By: new preface by Robert Walsh.
Edition: Expanded ed.
Publisher: Da Capo Press
Published: 1998
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 412
Subjects: Motion pictures -- Reviews
Description: Manny Farber, one of the most important and entertaining critics in movie history, championed the American action film - the bravado of Howard Hawks, the art brut styling of Samuel Fuller, the crafty, sordid entertainments of Don Siegel - at a time when other critics dismissed the genre.

His witty, incisive criticism later worked exacting language into an exploration of the feelings and strategies that went into low-budget and radical films as diverse as Michael Snow's Wavelength, Werner Herzog's Fata Morgana, and Shantal Akerman's Jeanne Dielman. Expanded with an in-depth interview and seven essays written in collaboration with his wife, artist Patricia Patterson, Negative Space gathers Farber's most influential writings, making this an indispensable collection for all lovers of film.
Notes: "First Da Capo Press edition"--T.p. verso.
Includes index.