Moving Forward, Looking Back
Subtitle: The European Avant-garde and the Invention of Film Culture, 1919-1939 (Amsterdam University Press - Film Culture in Transition)
Publisher: Amsterdam University Press
Published: September 15, 2007
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 352
ISBN-13: 9789053569610
Subjects: Films, cinema; 20th century; Performing Arts; Pop Arts / Pop Culture; Cinema/Film: Book; Europe; Film & Video - General; Performing Arts / Film / General
Description: "Moving Forward, Looking Back : The European Avant-Garde and the Invention of Film Culture, 1913-1339 is the first concise and critical overview of this crucial period in film history. Arguing that the avant-garde should be understood as a transnational network of European scope, this book ushers in a new approach to the study of artistic movements. Such ephemeral activities as alternative screening practice, teaching, publishing, film collecting, exhibitions and film festivals in fact stand at the beginning of what came to be known as film culture ever since. The book thus argues for the lasting and continuing impact that the avant-garde has had on the cinema in general, and not just on film form and film style."--Jacket.