Dreams of Chaos, Visions of Order: Understanding the American Avante-garde Cinema

James Peterson

Wayne State University Press, 1994 - 212 psl.

In spite of the difficulty of most American avant-garde films, one can read volumes and find almost no mention of how to view these films. Dreams of Chaos, Visions of Order addresses precisely this question: how--and to what extent--can viewers make sense of American avant-garde films? It is a controversial book that examines the implicit assumptions of traditional scholarship, advocates on alternative to dominant approaches to the avant-garde cinema, and questions some long-standing clichés about the history of the avant-garde.

Turinys

• Avantgarde Film Viewing: 7
• The Poetic Strain of: 29
• Brakhage Abstract Expressionism: 61
• The Minimal Strain: 95
• Two Types of Simple Schemata: 103
• The Limits of the Simple Schema: 121
• The Avantgarde Cinema: 179
• Notes: 187
• References: 195
• Index: 207

Apie autorių

James Peterson is a writer and scholar living in Madison, Wisconsin. He received his Ph.D. from the University of Wisconsin-Madison.

Bibliografinė informacija

• Pavadinimas: Dreams of Chaos, Visions of Order– Understanding the American Avante-garde Cinema; Contemporary Approaches to Film and Media Series; Contemporary film and television series
• Autorius: James Peterson
• Leidimas: iliustruotas
• Leidėjas: Wayne State University Press, 1994
• ISBN: 0814324576, 9780814324578
• Ilgis: 212 psl.