mit press ma july 1996 (2 results)

Trade Paperback. Condition: Used - Like New. 'Kuenzli has done film studies a service by gathering some of the best minds in the fields reflecting on specific topics.' -- Andrew Horton, 'Film Quarterly' 'A comprehensive, clear and factual presentation of the subject . . . very useful.' -- Simonne Fischer, 'French Review' This groundbreaking collection of thirteen original essays analyzes connections between film and two highly influential twentieth-century movements. The essays, which comment on specific films and deal with theoretical and topical questions, are framed by a documentary section that includes a photographic reproduction of the manuscript scenario for Robert Desnos's and Man Ray's 'L'Etoile de mer,' and an introduction by the editor that provides a cogent working model for the difference between Dada and Surrealist perspectives. CONTENTS: 'Introduction,' Rudolf E. Kuenzli Essays 'Dada/Cinema?' 7 Thomas Elsaesser. 'Liger's Ballet micanique' 7 Judi Freeman. 'Anemic Vision in Duchamp: Cinema as Readymade' 7 Dalia Judovitz. 'Exploring the Discursive Field of the Surrealist Scenario Text' 7 Richard Abel. 'Benjamin Fondane's 'Scenarii intournables, ' 7 Peter Christensen. 'Slit Screen' 7 David Wills. 'Constellated Visions: Robert Desnos's and Man Ray's' L'Etoile de mer 7 Inez Hedges. 'The Image and the Spark: Dulac and Artaud Reviewed' 7 Sandy Flitterman-Lewis. 'Dali and Un Chien andalou: The Nature of a Collaboration' 7 Haim Finkelstein. Un Chien andalou: 'The Talking Cure' 7 Stuart Liebman. 'Between the Sign of the Scorpion and the Sign of the Cross: ' L'Bge d'or 7 Allen Weiss. 'Documentary Surrealism: OnLand without Bread' 7 Tom Conley. 'The Critical Grasp: Bunuelian Cinema and Its Critics' 7 Linda Williams. Documents Robert Desnos's and Man Ray's Scenario for 'L'Etoile de mer' Bibliography. This groundbreaking collection of thirteen original essays analyzes connections between film and two highly influential twentieth-century movements. Very nice clean, tight copy free of any marks. Like new.

Hardcover. Condition: Used - Very Good. Preface by William J. MitchellWe can all play the irresistible game of looking for our mentors and heroes, and we can compare our own judgments, rankings and groupings to the tale told by the computer. But beyond this, the panoramic view that Bonta constructs provides a rewarding new way to contextualize both architects and texts -- to locate and assess them in relation to general evolutions and transformations of the architectural community's values, tastes, and interests.- William J. Mitchell, Dean of the School of Architcture and Planning at MIT In 'American Architects and Texts,' Juan Pablo Bonta analyzes the indexes of nearly 400 architectural books and articles published over the past century and a half to reveal changing societal preferences in architecture and to literally measure the reputations of individual architects. The result is a provocative study -- part book, part electronic database and analysis software -- that follows the ups an downs of more than 7,000 architects' standing in the literature and, indirectly, their standing in the profession. There is a ranked list of the '100 most famous architects, ' along with views of evolving architectural careers and the response to them by critics and historians. The complete database and analysis is available in machine-readable form. In American Architects and Texts, Juan Pablo Bontaanalyzes the indexes of nearly 400 architectural books andarticles published over the past century and a half toreveal changing societal preferences in architecture andto literally measure the reputations of individualarchitects.