Re: [Frameworks] Books on the History of Avant-Garde film in US

2015-01-31 Thread John McAndrew
Sorry, replace some mentions of Parts with Volumes - it's all very confusing! On Sat, Jan 31, 2015 at 1:30 PM, John McAndrew jj.mcand...@gmail.com wrote: Hello, I noticed a few Maya Deren books in this excellent compiled list (of which I own around half of the 60 titles, the rest will be

Re: [Frameworks] Books on the History of Avant-Garde film in US

2015-01-31 Thread John McAndrew
Hello, I noticed a few Maya Deren books in this excellent compiled list (of which I own around half of the 60 titles, the rest will be seeked out!) and it made me think - were the remaining two volumes of VèVè Clark, Millicent Hodson and Catrina Neiman's three volume biography and collected works

Re: [Frameworks] Books on the History of Avant-Garde film in US

2015-01-31 Thread nicky . hamlyn
Not sure if anyone has already mentioned Scott MacDonald: The Garden in the Machine. Nicky. -Original Message- From: Dave Tetzlaff djte...@gmail.com To: Experimental Film Discussion List frameworks@jonasmekasfilms.com Sent: Sat, 31 Jan 2015 6:25 Subject: Re: [Frameworks] Books

Re: [Frameworks] Books on the History of Avant-Garde film in US

2015-01-30 Thread Eric Theise
On Fri, Jan 30, 2015 at 9:36 AM, Adam Hyman a...@lafilmforum.org wrote: Off to meandering nit-picking: What is the correct bibliography format for a reader? Shouldn’t it still really be under Kuchar’s name (or Markopolous’s)? Been too long since college MLA Standards... Looking it up...

Re: [Frameworks] Books on the History of Avant-Garde film in US

2015-01-30 Thread Adam Hyman
There are multiple other collections of writings, if these are being included, but do those fit the initial question? Just last year was also Lambert, Andrew, ed. The George Kuchar Reader, by George Kuchar (Primary Information, 2014) Off to meandering nit-picking: What is the correct

Re: [Frameworks] Books on the History of Avant-Garde film in US

2015-01-30 Thread elizabeth mcmahon
It is time to toss this in for inclusion. My spitfire, irreverent, iconoclastic, somewhat distracted boss at Donnell Media Center took time off to finish her dissertation on Stan Brakhage, and produced this, which of course should be included in this bibliography. 

Re: [Frameworks] Books on the History of Avant-Garde film in US

2015-01-30 Thread Michael Betancourt
Thanks to everyone who had titles to add! Here's the compiled list: *Histories of avant-garde film in the United States:* Lewis Jacobs, “Experimental Cinema in America 1921-1947” in *The Rise of the American Film* (1948) Roger Manvell, *Experiment in the Film* (1949) Robert Pike, A

Re: [Frameworks] Books on the History of Avant-Garde film in US

2015-01-30 Thread Pip Chodorov
The last one is not by Sitney but is edited by Mark Webber and is titled FIlm as FIlm, The Collected Writings of Gregory Markopoulos. At 9:40 -0500 30/01/15, Michael Betancourt wrote: P. Adams Sitney, ed. The Collected Writings of Gregory Markopolous (2014)

Re: [Frameworks] Books on the History of Avant-Garde film in US

2015-01-30 Thread paris-experimental
You may add : Dominique Noguez, Une renaissance du cinéma : le cinéma underground américain (1985, reprinted 2002) Dominique Noguez, Eloge du cinéma expérimental (3rd ed., 2010) Adeline Coffinier Victor Gresard, Film Culture Index 1955-1996 (2012) Christian Lebrat PARIS EXPERIMENTAL

Re: [Frameworks] Books on the History of Avant-Garde film in US

2015-01-29 Thread Robert Haller
Crossroads: Avant-Garde film in Pittsburgh in the 1970s, by Robert Haller, Anthology Film Archives, 2005 First Light: Abstract Light Forms, edited by Robert Haller, Anthology Film Archives, 1998 -- R. Haller From: Andy Ditzler a...@andyditzler.com Reply-To: Experimental Film Discussion List

Re: [Frameworks] Books on the History of Avant-Garde film in US

2015-01-29 Thread Andy Ditzler
Steve Anker, et al, Radical Light: Alternative Film and Video in the San Francisco Bay Area, 1945-2000 Bart Testa, Back and Forth: Early Cinema and the Avant-Garde A. L. Rees et al, Expanded Cinema: Art, Performance, Film Robin Blaetz, Women’s Experimental Cinema: Critical Frameworks Scott

Re: [Frameworks] Books on the History of Avant-Garde film in US

2015-01-29 Thread fred truniger
most of them 'special interest' but still histories of the Avant-Garde in the US MacDonald, Scott: The Garden in the Machine. A Field Guide to Independent Films About Place. Berkeley 2001. Wees, William C: Recycled Images. New York 1993. Brakhage, Stan: Film at Wit's End. New York 1989.

Re: [Frameworks] Books on the History of Avant-Garde film in US

2015-01-29 Thread lagonaboba
Sidney Peterson, “The Dark of the Screen” Wheeler Dixon, “The Exploding Eye” On Jan 29, 2015, at 4:16 PM, lagonaboba lagonab...@gmail.com wrote: Nothing like building a bibliography to warm the heart on a cold snow covered day. These lists always seem to detour away from the literal

Re: [Frameworks] Books on the History of Avant-Garde film in US

2015-01-29 Thread Gawthrop, Rob
Film Is - Steve Dwoskin From: Michael Betancourt hinterland.mov...@gmail.commailto:hinterland.mov...@gmail.com Reply-To: Experimental Film Discussion List frameworks@jonasmekasfilms.commailto:frameworks@jonasmekasfilms.com Date: Thursday, 29 January 2015 18:16 To: Experimental Film Discussion

Re: [Frameworks] Books on the History of Avant-Garde film in US

2015-01-29 Thread lagonaboba
Nothing like building a bibliography to warm the heart on a cold snow covered day. These lists always seem to detour away from the literal query…”American” “History” (nobody said Theory) but perhaps: Jonas Mekas “Movie Journal” P. Adams Sitney “Eyes Upside Down” P. Adams Sitney, ed. “The

Re: [Frameworks] Books on the History of Avant-Garde film in US

2015-01-29 Thread Elizabeth McMahon
Don't forget this important tome, Buffalo Heads: Media Study, Media Practice, Media Pioneers, 1973–1990 http://mitpress.mit.edu/books/buffalo-heads Elizabeth McMahon On Thu, Jan 29, 2015 at 1:16 PM, Michael Betancourt hinterland.mov...@gmail.com wrote: I'm sure I'm forgetting something, so

Re: [Frameworks] Books on the History of Avant-Garde film in US

2015-01-29 Thread mfj
This is a great resource, especially since Millennium Film Journal No. 62, to be published next October, will be devoted to book reviews. We already have commitments from about eight authors writing about recent books, but I'd be happy to consider more proposals. Deadline for 1st drafts is early

Re: [Frameworks] Books on the History of Avant-Garde film in US

2015-01-29 Thread Eric Theise
I want to thank Michael for kicking off this discussion, and for posting his list before asking for others to contribute; good form! I've suggested this before, but I'm putting my suggestion into action with this thread. I've created a shared bibliography using Zotero: