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University of California Press

A Critical Cinema 5

Interviews with Independent Filmmakers
by Scott MacDonald (Author)
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Price: $36.95 / £31.00
Publication Date: Jan 2006
Edition: 1st Edition
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Rights: World
Pages: 461
ISBN: 9780520245952
Trim Size: 6 x 9
Illustrations: 73 b/w photographs
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About the Book

A Critical Cinema 5 is the fifth volume in Scott MacDonald's Critical Cinema series, the most extensive, in-depth exploration of independent cinema available in English. In this new set of interviews, MacDonald engages filmmakers in detailed discussions of their films and of the personal experiences and political and theoretical currents that have shaped their work. The interviews are arranged to express the remarkable diversity of modern independent cinema and the interactive community of filmmakers that has dedicated itself to producing forms of cinema that critique conventional media.

About the Author

Scott MacDonald is the author of the four previous volumes of A Critical Cinema and The Garden in the Machine: A Field Guide to Independent Films about Place (2001), all from California.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments

Introduction
Kenneth Anger
Tony Conrad

ON THE SIXTIES
Nathaniel Dorsky
Peggy Ahwesh
Alan Berliner
Robb Moss
Phil Solomon
James Benning

ON HIS WESTERNS
J. Leighton Pierce
Matthias Müller
Sharon Lockhart
Jennifer Todd Reeves
On Chronic and The Time We Killed
Kano Shiho
Ernie Gehr

Filmography
Bibliography
Index

Reviews

"Critical Cinema 5, and indeed the entire series, is a monumental achievement. MacDonald's detailed knowledge of many branches of cinema, and his subtle and generous insight, allow him to frame his interviews with the most important independent filmmakers in such a way as to elicit the most interesting aspects of their perceptions of their work and its context. The scholarship is superior, and MacDonald writes clearly, honestly, and elegantly."—David E. James, author of The Most Typical Avant-Garde

"Both MacDonald and his subjects are thoughtful, articulate, engaging. The result is a work that is as readable as it is informative and insightful."—William Wees, author of Light Moving in Time