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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Détails bibliographiques
Auteur principal: Remes, Justin (Auteur)
Format: Licensed eBooks
Langue:anglais
Publié: New York : Columbia University Press [2020]
Collection:Film and culture.
Accès en ligne:https://www.jstor.org/stable/10.7312/reme18930
Table des matières:
  • 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