Dreams of Chaos, Visions of Order: Understanding the American Avant-Garde Cinema

(Part of the Contemporary Approaches to Film and Media Series)

by James Peterson

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This is a controversial book that examines the implicit assumptions of other scholars, advocates an alternative to dominant approaches to the avant-garde cinema, and questions some long-standing clich s about the history of the avant-garde.

In spite of the difficulty of most American avant-garde films, one can read volumes and find almost no mention of how to view these films. Dreams of Chaos, Visions of Order addresses precisely...

Format:Paperback

Language:English

ISBN:0814324576

ISBN13:9780814324578

Release Date:January 1994

Publisher:Wayne State University Press

Length:232 Pages

Weight:1.14 lbs.

Dimensions:0.6" x 6.9" x 10.0"

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