The Most Typical Avant-Garde: History and Geography of Minor Cinemas in Los Angeles

by David E. James

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Los Angeles has nourished a dazzling array of independent cinemas: avant-garde and art cinema, ethnic and industrial films, pornography, documentaries, and many other far-flung corners of film culture. This glorious panoramic history of film production outside the commercial studio system reconfigures Los Angeles, rather than New York, as the true center of avant-garde cinema in the United States. As he brilliantly delineates the cultural perimeter...

Format:Paperback

Language:English

ISBN:0520242580

ISBN13:9780520242586

Release Date:May 2005

Publisher:University of California Press

Length:562 Pages

Weight:0.65 lbs.

Dimensions:1.3" x 7.1" x 10.0"

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