Perhaps the twelve-volume *The Griffith Project* edited by Paolo Cherchi Usai could be a serious candidate?
Christian 2012/5/19 Jonathan Walley <[email protected]> > David Bordwell's book on Ozu is a towering achievement. And it's available > for free pdf download here: > > https://www.cjspubs.lsa.umich.edu/electronic/facultyseries/list/series/ozu.php > > In a very different way, Bazin's book on Renoir. "The French Renoir" > (Chapter 5) is perhaps the best, most complete, and most sophisticated > statement of Bazin's aesthetic. Some of its passages are pure poetry, too. > > Not so many books on avant-garde/experimental filmmakers come to mind. > Lots of essay collections dedicated to a single filmmaker (e.g. the recent > book on Ken Jacobs), but fewer sustained, book-length efforts. Several on > Warhol, of course, but it's practically impossible to cover his total body > of film work. JJ Murphy's recent THE BLACK HOLE OF THE CAMERA comes > closest, and I highly recommend it. > > Jonathan > > Jonathan Walley > Associate Professor of Cinema > Denison University > > > On May 18, 2012, at 9:50 PM, John MacKay wrote: > > > On May 18, 2012, at 9:43 PM, Gene Youngblood wrote: > > I’m sure you filled in the missing word, but it bugs me to leave it > uncorrected: > > Friends, > What would you cite as the most detailed and comprehensive analysis ever > written about the form and content of one filmmaker’s *total *body of > work? > > > Not sure: Charlie Musser's BEFORE THE NICKELODEON (on Porter)? Tom > Gunning's FILMS OF FRITZ LANG? Interesting question…. > > > _______________________________________________ > FrameWorks mailing list > [email protected] > https://mailman-mail5.webfaction.com/listinfo/frameworks > > > _______________________________________________ > FrameWorks mailing list > [email protected] > https://mailman-mail5.webfaction.com/listinfo/frameworks > > > > _______________________________________________ > FrameWorks mailing list > [email protected] > https://mailman-mail5.webfaction.com/listinfo/frameworks > >
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