Emile De Antonio: A Reader - Couverture souple

Kellner, Douglas

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0816633649 ISBN 13 : 9780816633647

Editeur : University of Minnesota Press, 2000

Synopsis

An absorbing collection of writings by and about an American original.

Innovative documentary filmmaker; friend of Andy Warhol, John Cage, Jasper Johns, Robert Rauschenberg, and other leading figures of the New York art world; radical leftist critic of the Establishment; and legendary bon vivant: Emile de Antonio (1919-1989) was a larger-than-life personality and a key figure in the development of postwar American cinema. The films de Antonio made between 1963 and 1989--including Point of Order, Rush to Judgment, In the Year of the Pig, Painters Painting, and Millhouse: A White Comedy--revolutionized the documentary format and inspired a generation of artists and filmmakers. A decade after his death, his cinematic legacy--ranging from the brilliantly edited compilation of the 1954 Army-McCarthy hearings that helped construct Senator Joseph McCarthy's reputation as a rogue demagogue (Point of Order) to a meditative juxtaposition of documents about F.B.I. director J. Edgar Hoover and intimate footage drawn from the filmmaker's own life (Mr. Hoover and I)-remains unparalleled in American documentary film.

Emile de Antonio: A Reader is the first full-length volume devoted to this major American filmmaker. It collects interviews with and writings by de Antonio; reviews and other critical material that detail the genesis, production history, and reception of his films; a comprehensive filmography; and an in-depth biographical essay. Offering a long-overdue assessment of de Antonio's career, this indispensable book also makes a significant contribution to our understanding of American independent cinema at its most politically engaged.

A propos du livre

À propos de l?auteur

Douglas Kellner is George F. Kneller Chair in the Philosophy of Education at UCLA and author of numerous books, including Media Culture (1995). He is Emile de Antonio's literary executor.

Dan Streible is assistant professor of film studies and art history at the University of South Carolina.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: University of Minnesota Press
• Date d'édition: 2000
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0816633649
• ISBN 13: 9780816633647
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 456
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible