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Chargement... Underground Film: A Critical History (1969)par Parker Tyler
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Inscrivez-vous à LibraryThing pour découvrir si vous aimerez ce livre Actuellement, il n'y a pas de discussions au sujet de ce livre. On the back of my (2nd) edition of Sitney's "Visionary Film" one of the reviewers claims that it's "the first serious book that I know of to be devoted to the subject." Well.. Parker Tyler's bk was earlier - & it's the 1st one I read. It's probably not as in-depth as the bks that followed but it still gets across the feeling of there being something important happening out there that's off the mainstream map - something hedonistic, critical, inspired, daring.. It definitely got me curious about all the movies I had little or no idea how to go about seeing. In the back, there's a list of films organized by yrs. Throughout the decades since I read this, I've periodically checked off the films that I've seen. There are still maybe a half to a third that I've missed. As w/ all Grove Press bks of the time, of wch I've read many, reading this left me w/ a feeling - a feeling of uncensored access to free thinking, a feeling that's still important to me to this day. aucune critique | ajouter une critique
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"For the first time brings some critical standards to bear where there is usually only complete condemnation or overblown praise."--New York Times Book Review Parker Tyler (1904-1974), one of the few great American film critics, was intimate with and enormously respected by many of the underground and experimental filmmakers of his time. In this book, Tyler evaluated the Underground in general and the seminal films in particular, covering the history and scope of the genre with insight and verve. Like Tyler's Screening of the Sexes: Homosexuality in the Movies is one of the masterpieces of cinema literature. Introduction by J. Hoberman Afterword by Charles Boultenhouse "In his excellent book, [Tyler] discusses, among others, Man Ray and the optical film, Brakhage's first beatnik film, Cassavetes, Warhol, and I Am Curious (Yellow) (an astute analysis here). Indispensable for anyone interested in contemporary filmmaking, its history, personalities, and rationale."--Publishers Weekly Aucune description trouvée dans une bibliothèque |
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Having reread the above, I make it sound like the book is something of a take down of underground film. It's far from that. There's plenty of praise and encouragement to go with the tsking. Tyler's just wise enough to know and brave enough to say not all "artists" are created equal. Like he says, "A thing way well be groovy but far from great." ( )