| Description |
1 online resource (ix, 182 pages :) : illustrations |
| Note |
Filmography (p. 175-178). |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 163-174) and index. |
| Contents |
Cover ; Title Page; Copyright; Contents ; Acknowledgments; Notes on Contributors; Introduction; 1. The Themersons and the Polish Avant-Garde: Warsaw -- Paris -- London; 2. 'The Inexpressible Unearthly Beauty of the Cinematograph': The Impact of Polish Futurism on the First Polish Avant-Garde Films; Excerpts from the 'Archives' of the Polish Avant-Garde; 3. The Search for a 'More Spacious Form': Experimental Trends in Polish Documentary (1945-1989); 4. Avant-Garde and the Thaw: Experimentation in Polish Cinema of the 1950s and 1960s. |
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5. Avant-Garde Exploits: The Cultural Highs and Lows of Polish Émigré Cinema6. The Mechanical Imagination -- Creativity of Machines: Film Form Workshop 1970-1977; 7. The 1980s: From Specificity to the New Tradition -- Avant-Garde Film and Video art in Poland; Film Form Workshop: Manifesto and Artists' Statements; 8. A Rebellion à la polonaise; Bibliography; Filmography; Index of Names. |
| Summary |
This is the first comprehensive English-language account of the Polish avant-garde film, from its beginnings in the early decades of the last century to the collapse of communism in 1989. Taking a broad understanding of avant-garde film, this collection includes writings on the pioneering work of the internationally-acclaimed Franciszka and Stefan Themerson; the Polish Futurists' (Jalu Kurek, Anatol Stern) engagement with film; the Thaw and animation (Jan Lenica and Walerian Borowczyk, Andrzej Pawlowski, Zbigniew Rybczynski); documentary (Natalia Brzozowska, Kazimierz Karabasz, Wojciech W. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Experimental films -- Poland -- History -- 20th century.
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Avant-garde (Aesthetics) -- Poland -- History -- 20th century.
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| Chronological Term |
1900 - 1999 |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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History.
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| Added Author |
Kuc, Kamila, editor.
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O'Pray, Michael, author.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Struggle for form. 9780231169837 0231169833 (OCoLC)863195655 |
| ISBN |
9780231850650 (electronic bk.) |
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0231850654 (electronic bk.) |
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9780231169837 (pbk.) |
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0231169833 |
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0231169825 |
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9780231169820 (cloth) |
| Music No. |
EB00640546 Recorded Books |
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