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1st ed. |
| Description |
1 online resource (319 pages) : illustrations |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Note |
Formerly CIP. Uk |
| Summary |
"The streets are full of admirable craftsmen, but so few practical dreamers."--Man Ray What if there were movies made the same way as suits, custom fitted, each one tailored for one person' Not broadcast, but narrowcast' Not theatres around the world showing the same globalized pictures, but instead a local circumstance, a movie so particular, so peculiar, it could cure night blindness or vertigo' Welcome to the world of fringe movies, where artists have been busy putting queer shoulders to the wheels, or bending light to talk about First Nations rights (and making it funny at the same time), or demonstrating how a personality can be taken apart and put together again, all in the course of a ten-minute movie which might take years to make. Practical Dreamers takes us to this other side of the media plantation. In it, twenty-seven Canadian artists dish about how they get it done and why it matters. The conversations are personal, up close and jargon free, smart without smarting. The stellar cast includes smartbomb Steve Reinke; visionary Peter Mettler; Middle East specialist Jayce Salloum; queer Asian avatars Richard Fung, Midi Onodera, Ho Tam, and Wayne Yung; footage recyclers Aleesa Cohene and Jubal Brown; overhead projector king Daniel Barrow; First Nations vets Kent Monkman and Shelley Niro; international art presence Paulette Philips; and documentarian Donigan Cumming. These in-depth talks come lavishly illustrated in an oversized volume. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Experimental films -- Canada -- History and criticism.
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Experimental films. |
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Canada. |
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Video art -- Canada.
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Video art. |
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Motion picture producers and directors -- Canada -- Interviews.
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Motion picture producers and directors. |
| Genre/Form |
Interviews.
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| Subject |
Independent filmmakers -- Canada -- Interviews.
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Independent filmmakers. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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Interviews.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Hoolboom, Michael. Practical dreamers. 1st ed. Toronto : Northwestern University Press ; London : Eurospan [distributor], 2008 9781552452004 (DLC) 2008411713 (OCoLC)382274592 |
| ISBN |
9781770561816 (electronic book) |
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1770561811 (electronic book) |
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9781552452004 |
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155245200X |
| Music No. |
EB00651384 Recorded Books |
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