The avant-garde feature film
Subtitle: a critical history
By: William E. B. Verrone
Publisher: McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers
Published: 2011
Place of publication: Jefferson, N.C
Language: eng
Number of pages: 222
ISBN-13: 9780786459100
Subjects: History and criticism; Experimental films
Description: "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.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction; title: Avant-garde film: history, theory and criticism. What is an avant-garde film?; title: The historical avant-gardes and the styles of inflence for the avant-garde feature film; title: Case studies; title: The real avant-garde. Some considerations of the inflence of the real avant-garde; title: Case studies; title: The contemporary avant-garde feature film. Underground film and the avant-garde; title: Types of avant-garde feature films; title: The contemporary avant-garde feature film; title: Case studies; title: Conclusion.