This sequel to
A Critical Cinema offers a new collection of interviews with independent filmmakers that is a feast for film fans and film historians. Scott Mac Donald reveals the sophisticated thinking of these artists regarding film, politics, and contemporary gender issues.
The interviews explore the careers of Robert Breer, Trinh T. Minh-ha, James Benning, Su Friedrich, and Godfrey Reggio. Yoko Ono discusses her cinematic collaboration with John Lennon, Michael Snow talks about his music and films, Anne Robertson describes her cinematic diaries, Jonas Mekas and Bruce Baillie recall the New York and California avant-garde film culture. The selection has a particularly strong group of women filmmakers, including Yvonne Rainer, Laura Mulvey, and Lizzie Borden. Other notable artists are Anthony Mc Call, Andrew Noren, Ross Mc Elwee, Anne Severson, and Peter Watkins.
This sequel to
A Critical Cinema offers a new collection of interviews with independent filmmakers that is a feast for film fans and film historians. Scott Mac Donald reveals the sophisticated thinking of these artists regarding film, politics, and
Table of Content
Acknowledgments
Introduction
Robert Breer
Michael Snow
Jonas Mekas
Bruce Baillie
Yoko Ono
Anthony Mc Call
Andrew Noren
Anne Robertson
James Benning
Lizzie Borden
Ross Mc Elwee
Su Friedrich
Anne Severson (on Near the Big Chakra)
Laura Mulvey (on Riddles of the Sphinx)
Yvonne Rainer (on Privilege)
Trinh T. Minh-ha
Godfrey Reggio
Peter Watkins
Filmography
Bibliography
Index
About the author
Scott Mac Donald, editor of A Critical Cinema: Interviews with Independent Filmmakers (California, 1988), has written for Film Quarterly, October, Afterimage, Wide Angle, and Cinema Journal. He is Professor of English at Utica College in Utica, New York.
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