A History of the American Avant-garde Cinema: A Film ExhibitionThis book surveys avant-garde cinema from 1943 to 1972 and includes the work of Alexander Hammid, Willard Maas, Kenneth Anger, Maya Deren, Sidney Peterson, Ian Hugo, Stan Brakhage, Shirley Clarke, Bruce Conner, Robert Breer, Stan Vanderbeek, Maria Menken, Ken Jacobs, Bruce Baillie, Tony Conrad, Jordan Belson, George Landow, James Whitney, Michael Snow, Paul Sharits, Standish D. Lawder, Larry Jordan, Robert Nelson, Ernie Gehr, Barry Gerson, Hollis Frampton. |
Contents
Preface by Willard Van Dyke | 9 |
The American AvantGarde Film by John G Hanhardt | 19 |
Chronology 19431972 Prepared by John G Hanhardt | 49 |
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