Absence in cinema : the art of showing nothing /

"Absence has played a crucial role in the history of avant-garde aesthetics, from the blank canvases of Robert Rauschenberg to Yves Klein's invisible paintings, from the "silent" music of John Cage to Samuel Beckett's minimalist theater. Yet little attention has been given t...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor Principal: Remes, Justin (Author)
Formato: Licensed eBooks
Idioma:inglés
Publicado: New York : Columbia University Press [2020]
Series:Film and culture.
Acceso en liña:https://www.jstor.org/stable/10.7312/reme18930
Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • CONTENTS
  • ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
  • INTRODUCTION: Voids
  • 1. WALTER RUTTMANN AND THE BLIND FILM
  • 2. STAN BRAKHAGE AND THE BIRTH OF SILENCE
  • 3. NAOMI UMAN AND THE PEEKABOO PRINCIPLE
  • 4. MARTIN ARNOLD'S DISAPPEARING ACT
  • CONCLUSION: Nothing Is Important
  • FILMOGRAPHY
  • NOTES
  • INDEX
  • FILM AND CULTURE