Search Catalogue | AFI Research Collection

4 results out of 4

book		Connected, or What it means to live in the network society / Steven Shaviro Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Press, 2003. Call No: 735.1 SHA Author: Shaviro, Steven Source: US Place: Minneapolis Publisher: University of Minnesota Press PubDate: 2003 PhysDes: xiii, 289 p. ; 22 cm Series: Electronic Mediations ; v. 9 Subject: VIDEODROME (CN, David Cronenberg, 1983); NEW ROSE HOTEL (US, Abel Ferrara, 1998); ALPHAVILLE (FR, Jean-Luc Godard, 1965); SPACE IS THE PLACE (US, Sun Ra,1972); MAN WHO FELL TO EARTH, THE (UK, Nicholas Roeg, 1976); DAWN OF THE DEAD (US, George A. Romero, 1979); BLADE RUNNER (US, Ridley Scott, 1982); MATRIX, THE (US, Larry Wachowski & Andy Wachowski, 1999); EMPIRE (US, Andy Warhol, 1964); BURROUGHS, WILLIAM Summary: "Shaviro argues that our strange new world is increasingly being transformed in ways, and by devices, that seem to come out of the pages of science fiction, even while the world itself is becoming a futuristic landscape. The result is that science fiction provides the most useful social theory, the only form that manages to be as radical as reality itself. Original and compelling, Connected shows how the continual experimentation of science fiction, like science and technology themselves, conjures the invisible social and economic forces that surround us." -- BOOK BLURB Notes: Includes notes, bibliographical references, filmography and index. ISBN: 0816643636 Donation: Adrian Miles More info
book		"Even the old dude is cool!" : William Burroughs on the wheels of steel and the silver screen / Simon Strong Place of publication not identified: The LedaTape Organisation, October 2013. Call No: 81BUR STR Author: Strong, Simon Source: US Place: Place of publication not identified Publisher: The LedaTape Organisation PubDate: October 2013 PhysDes: 120 pages: illustrations (black and white, and colour), maps (colour) ; 24 cm Subject: WRITERS IN FILMS; LITERATURE AND THE CINEMA; BURROUGHS, WILLIAM Summary: It's a searing indictment of contemporary publishing that the first full-length survey of WSB's influential intrusions into the fields of film and music must come from the pen of the world's most obscure and frustrating experimental novelist. Boasting more than 323 items, this uh idiosyncratic survey is as comprehensive and insightful as it is undisciplined and incoherent, all of which qualities Strong appears to regard as cardinal virtues. If his self-designated mission is to somehow undermine the canon, his inspiration appears to be drawn from the charge of the Light Brigade. Nevertheless, even the most ardent Burroughs scholar will find something new here, even if it's just been made up for funty laff value. Nice try pal. -- BOOK BLURB ISBN: 9780992302108 Donation: donated by Simon Strong, 2014 Contents: Preface -- Introduction -- Bibliography -- Legend -- Chronology -- Posthumous releases -- How to read the cards -- The cards -- Index by type -- Index of creators -- Index of titles -- About the author More info
book		Guerilla conditions : La folle epopee cinematographique d'Antony Balch avec William Burroughs, Richard Gordon et tous les autres / par Adrien Clerc [Melbourne, Victoria]: LedaTape Organisation, c2014. Call No: 81BAL CLE Author: Clerc, Adrien Source: AT Place: [Melbourne, Victoria] Publisher: LedaTape Organisation PubDate: c2014 PhysDes: 226 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm Subject: DISTRIBUTION. UK; EXPERIMENTAL FILMS; EXPLOITATION FILMS; BALCH, ANTONY; BURROUGHS, WILLIAM; CUT UPS, THE (UK, Antony Balch, 1967); TOWERS OPEN FIRE (UK, Antony Balch, 1963) Summary: "Here is an overview of one of the most adventurous and radical and overlooked producers of cinema, that of Antony Balch's. Film director, distributor, programmer, editor, publicist and critic, the Abominable Showman worked among others with the writer William Burroughs and producer Richard Gordon. Between experimental cinema and films explotation Antony Balch produced a singular work, iconoclastic, whose Guerilla Conditions summarizes the issues and describes the circumstances of establishment." -Book blurb, translation via Google Translate Notes: Avant-propos par Norman J. Warren ISBN: 9780992302122 Language: French Contents: Souvenirs d'Antony Balch par Narman J. Warren -- Nos officiers sont des poetes -- Towers Open Fire -- The Cut-Ups -- Lost St Hill movie -- Withcraft Through the Ages -- Secrets of Sex -- Bill and Tony -- Horror Hospital -- Ghosts at Number 9 -- Le Festin Nu qui n'eut jamais lieu -- Distribution et programmation -- Bibliographie More info
book		Paris Hollywood : writings on film / Peter Wollen London ; New York: Verso, 2002. Call No: 67(04) WOL Author: Wollen, Peter Source: UK/US Place: London ; New York Publisher: Verso PubDate: 2002 PhysDes: vi, 314 p. ; 21 cm Subject: ARCHITECTURE IN FILMS; DIRECTORS; FILM; THEORY; MOVEMENTS IN FILM HISTORY; MOVEMENTS AND STYLES IN FILM HISTORY; BURROUGHS, WILLIAM; EGGELING, VIKING; GODARD, JEAN-LUC; HAWKS, HOWARD; HITCHCOCK, ALFRED; ROUCH, JEAN; BLADE RUNNER (US, Ridley Scott, 1982); BLADE RUNNER: THE DIRECTOR'S CUT (US, Ridley Scott, 1982); FREUD (US, John Huston, 1962); RULES OF THE GAME, THE (FR, Jean Renoir, 1939); REGLE DU JEU, LA (FR, Jean Renoir, 1939) Summary: "In this new collection of essays on the cinema, all written over the last ten years, Peter Wollen explores an extraordinarily wide range of topics, stretching from an analysis of time in film and video art to a study of Riff-Raff Realism in British film. Provocative essays discuss the work both of established auteur directors such as Howard Hawks and Alfred Hitchcock as well as the filmmaking careers of such experimental moviemakers as William Burroughs and Viking Eggeling, the dadaist pioneer of abstract film. The collection also includes fascinating studies of a number of film classics, such as John Huston's Freud, Jean Renoir's Rules of the Game and Ridley Scott's Blade Runner.". "Paris Hollywood suggests new approaches to thinking about film and many unexpected connections between film studies and the history of such strangely related activities as espionage, psychoanalysis, dance, architecture, anthropology, Stalinism, love of speed and digital technology. Wollen's book is based on the premise that there are no fixed ways of writing about the cinema but, rather, a plethora of paths leading in very different directions, each contributing to a new understanding of the 20th century's major art form."--BOOK JACKET Notes: Includes bibliographical references and indexes Includes filmography ISBN: 1859843913 Contents: -- 1: an alphabet of Cinema -- Part 1: directors and filmmakers -- 2: guerilla conditions: the cinema of William Seward Burroughs -- 3: viking eggeling -- 4: who the hell is Howard Hawks? -- 5: hitch: a tale of two cities (London and Los Angeles) -- 6: JLG -- 7: Jean Rouch -- part 2: films and movements -- 8: Freud as adventurer -- 9: Blade Runner -- 10: spies ansd spivs: an anglo-austrian engagement -- 11: rules of the game -- 12: the last new wave -- 13: riff-raff realism -- 14: architecture and film: places and non-places -- 15: the canon -- 16: time in film and video art -- 17: mismatches (& Acousmetres) -- 18 back to the future -- 19: speed and the cinema -- notes -- film-makers/director index -- filmography -- general index -- More info

Online resources

Some of our items are now available digitally. On the catalogue they are indicated with an ‘online resource’ label above the thumbnail.

Some items have direct links that you can use if you are eligible. Some items are only available to RMIT staff and students or may be otherwise limited.

Some items are not deliverable directly. Please request these items using the search results form (or contact us) and we will contact you to check eligibility and to arrange delivery. Please note that digital clippings files for films prior to 2020 may have different contents to their physical equivalents and you should check both versions if possible.

Country codes