Lovers of Cinema: The First American Film Avant-Garde, 1919-1945 / Edition 1

by Jan-Christopher Horak

Overview

Marshaling his broad cinematic and cultural knowledge, editor Jan-Christopher Horak has compiled in Lovers of Cinema a groundbreaking group of articles on this neglected film period. With one exception, all are original to this volume, and many are the first to treat comprehensively such early filmmakers as Mary Ellen Bute, Theodore Huff, and Douglass Crockwell.

Also included in the book is a listing of all American avant-garde films produced in the years before World War II as well as a bibliography of the most relevant criticism, literature, and news accounts.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780299146849
Publisher:	University of Wisconsin Press
Publication date:	02/15/1998
Series:	Wisconsin Studies in Film
Edition description:	New Edition
Pages:	416
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 1.20(d)

About the Author

Jan-Christopher Horak is director of the Munich Film Museum and professor at the Munich Television and Film Academy in Germany. He was previously senior curator of film collections at George Eastman House in Rochester, New York, and professor of English and film studies at the University of Rochester.

Editorial Reviews

Lovers of Cinema: The First American Film Avant-Garde, 1919-1945 is indeed a book that the conscientious film scholar cannot afford to be without. . . . This volume signals the beginning of a new era in the discussion of the early American avant-garde.”—Wheeler Winston Dixon, Film Quarterly

From the Publisher

A collection of articles on a neglected period in American avant-garde cinema. With one exception, all are original to this volume, and many are the first to treat comprehensively such early filmmakers as Mary Ellen Bute, Theodore Huff, and Douglass Crockwell. Editor Horak's introduction surveys the milieu and aspirations of these filmmakers and traces their relation to amateur and documentary film traditions. Also included is a listing of all American avant-garde films produced in the years before WWII, and a bibliography of criticism, literature, and news accounts. Includes photographs (mainly frame enlargements). Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

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