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The garden in the machine : a field guide to independent films about place / Scott MacDonald Berkeley, California: University of California Press, 2001.
Call No: 738(71) MACAuthor: MacDonald, Scott Place: Berkeley, CaliforniaPublisher: University of California PressPubDate: 2001PhysDes: xxvi, 461 p. : ill. (some colour) ; 24cmSubject: INDEPENDENT FILMS ; NATURE IN FILMS ; PLACE IN FILMS ; PLACE IN FILMS. USA ; CITIES IN FILMS ; NEW YORK IN FILMS ; GOTTHEIM, LARRY ; COLE, THOMAS ; MURPHY, J. J. ; ANGER, KENNETH ; MENKEN, MARIE ; SCHNEEMANN, CAROLEE ; BRAKHAGE, STAN ; KELLER, MARJORIE ; ROBERTSON, ANNE CHARLOTTE ; LOWDER, ROSE ; MANGOLTE, BABETTE ; BENNING, JAMES ; STONE, OLIVER ; SPIRO, ELLEN ; DEBONT, JAN ; KUCHAR, GEORGE ; BURCKHARDT, RUDY ; WEEGEE ; THOMPSON, FRANCIS ; MENKEN, MARIE ; HARRIS, HILARY ; LEE, SPIKE ; STAUFFACHER, FRANK ; BAILLIE, BRUCE ; RUDNICK, MICHAEL ; GEHR, ERNIE ; O'NEILL, PAT ; MARTIN, EUGENE ; MEKAS, JONAS ; GREAVES, WILLIAM ; FRAMPTON, HOLLIS ; HUOT, ROBERT ; DORSKY, NATHANIEL ; HUTTON, PETER ; DASH, JULIE ; FRANKLIN, CARL ; CONNER, BRUCE ; HERZOG, WERNER ; LANZMANN, CLAUDE ; STRAND, CHICK ; NOREN, ANDREW ; PIERCE, LEIGHTON ; GATTEN, DAVID Summary: "Explores the evocations of place, and particularly American place, that have become so central to the representational and narrative strategies of alternative and mainstream film and video. Scott MacDonald contextualises his discussion with wide-ranging and deeply informed analysis of the depiction of place in nineteenth and twentieth-century literature, painting and photography. Examining the representation of nature and landscape in particular, and location in general, MacDonald offers new readings of films under consideration as well as an expanded sense of modern film history."Notes: Includes distribution sources for films and videos (in US), notes and indexISBN: 0520227387
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Reel black talk : a source book of 50 American filmmakers / Spencer Moon, foreward by George Hill Westport, Conn: Greenwood Press, 1997.
Call No: 802(73) MOOAuthor: Moon, Spencer Source: USPlace: Westport, ConnPublisher: Greenwood PressPubDate: 1997PhysDes: xvi, 396 p. : ill., ports. ; 25 cmSubject: PRODUCERS. USA ; ALEXANDER, WILLIAM ; BOURNE, ST. CLAIR ; BURNETT, CHARLES ; CHENZIRA, AYOKA ; DASH, JULIE ; DUKE, BILL ; FANAKA, JAMAA ; FRANKLIN, CARL ; GREAVES, WILLIAM ; HAMPTON, HENRY ; HUDLIN, REGINALD ; HUDLIN, WARRINGTON ; JACKSON, GEORGE ; LEE, SPIKE ; MICHEAUX, OSCAR ; PARKERSON, MICHELLE ; PARKS, GORDON ; RIGGS, MARLON ; ROBERTSON, HUGH A. ; SINGLETON, JOHN ; TOWNSEND, ROBERT ; WARREN, MARK ; WAYANS, KEENEN IVORY ; WAYANS, MARLON ; WAYANS, SHAWN ; WILLIAMS, SPENCER ; ALMA'S RAINBOW (US, Ayoka Chenzira, 1994) ; AMAZING GRACE AND CHUCK (US, Mike Newell, 1987) ; AMOS 'N' ANDY SHOW, THE [TV] (US, 1951-53) ; BEAT STREET (US, Stan Lathan, 1984) ; BETTER OFF DEAD (US, Savage Steve Holland, 1985) ; BLESS THEIR LITTLE HEARTS (US, Billy Woodberry, 1984) ; BRIDE PRICE (KE, Shatrujit Paul, 1991) ; CARBON COPY (US, Michael Schultz, 1981) ; CEMETERY CLUB, THE (US, Bill Duke, 1993) ; CHILD SAVER, THE [TV] (US, Stan Lathan, 1988) ; P.O.V : COLOR ADJUSTMENT (US, Marlon Riggs, 1992) ; CROOKLYN (US, Spike Lee, 1994) ; DEEP COVER (US, Bill Duke, 1992) ; DEVIL IN A BLUE DRESS (US, Carl Franklin, 1995) ; DISORDERLIES (US, Michael Schultz, 1987) ; DO THE RIGHT THING (US, Spike Lee, 1989) ; RAW (US, Robert Townsend, 1987) ; EYES ON THE PRIZE [TV] (US, 1987-1990) ; [FIVE] 5 HEARTBEATS, THE (US, Robert Townsend, 1991) ; GLASS SHIELD, THE (US, Charles Burnett, 1994) ; GREASED LIGHTNING (US, Michael Schultz, 1977) ; HIGHER LEARNING (US, John Singleton, 1994) ; HOLLYWOOD SHUFFLE (US, Robert Townsend, 1987) ; INKWELL, THE (US, Matty Rich, 1994) ; JASON'S LYRIC (US, Doug McHenry, 1994) ; KILLING FLOOR, THE (US, Bill Duke, 1985) ; KRUSH GROOVE (US, Michael Schultz, 1985) ; LAUREL AVENUE (US, Carl Franklin, 1993) ; MENACE II SOCIETY (US, Allen Hughes & Albert Hughes, 1993) ; OBEAH (US, Hugh A. Robertson, 1986) ; PANTHER (US, Mario Van Peebles, 1995) ; PENITENTIARY II (US, Jamaa Fanaka, 1982) ; POETIC JUSTICE (US, John Singleton, 1993) ; QUESTION OF COLOR, A (US, Kathe Sandler, 1993 [1992]) ; RAISIN IN THE SUN, A (US, Daniel Petrie, 1961) ; SCAVENGER HUNT (US, Michael Schultz, 1979) ; SHAFT (US, Gordon Parks Jr., 1971) ; TO SLEEP WITH ANGER (US, Charles Burnett, 1990) ; STILL A BROTHER: INSIDE THE NEGRO MIDDLE CLASS (US, William Greaves, 1968) ; STRAIGHT OUT OF BROOKLYN (US, Matty Rich, 1991) ; VEILED ARISTOCRATS (US, Oscar Micheaux, 1932) ; WHICH WAY IS UP? (US, Michael Schultz, 1977) ; WITHIN OUR GATES (US, Oscar Micheaux, 1919) Summary: This is the first book by an African American on contemporary African American filmmakers. Here directors and producers speak for themselves, posing challenges to current thinking in the field. Special emphasis is given to the filmmakers production and their experiences. Essays on historic figures reveal the rich history of the African American contribution to cinema.Notes: Includes filmographies, bibliographical references (p. [385] - 386) and indexISBN: 0313298300Contents: Foreward: Ninety-plus years of filmmaking/George Hill- William Alexander-Madeline Anderson-Neema Barnette- St Clair Bourne - Charles Burnette - Roy Campanella II - Ayoka Chenzira - Francee Covington - Julie Dash - Ivan Dixon - Bill Duke - Jamaa Fanaka - Carl Franklin - Wendell Franklin - William Greaves - Henry Hampton - Hobart Whitaker Harris - Wendell Burks Harris Jr - Reginald and Warrington Hudlin - Albert and Allen Hughes - George Jackson and Doug McHenry - Ashley James - Avon Kirkland - Stan Lathan - Spike Lee -Louis Massiah - Oscar Devereaux Micheaux - Floyd Norman and Leo Sullivan - Michelle Parkerson - Gordon Alexander Parks Sr - Matty Rich - Marlon Riggs - Hugh Robertson - Michael Schultz - Jackie Shearer - John Singleton - Arlando C. Smith - Robert Townsend - Mario Van Peebles - Melvin Van Peebles - Mark Warren III - The Wayans Family: Keenan Ivory, Damon, Shawn and Marlon - Spencer William Jr - Allen Willis
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Rewriting indie cinema : improvisation, psychodrama, and the screenplay / J.J Murphy New York: Columbia University Press, 2019.
Call No: 224(73) MURAuthor: Murphy, Murphy Source: USPlace: New YorkPublisher: Columbia University PressPubDate: 2019PhysDes: xi, 337 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.Subject: SCRIPTS ; SCRIPTWRITERS. USA ; CASSAVETES, JOHN ; LODEN, BARBARA ; GREAVES, WILLIAM ; VAN SANT, GUS ; SWANBERG, JOE ; MEKAS, JONAS ; WARHOL, ANDY ; CLARKE, SHIRLEY ; MAILER, NORMAN ; FERRARA, ABEL ; KEITEL, HARVEY ; VAN SANT, GUS ; SWANBERG, JOE Summary: "Most films rely on a script developed in pre-production. Yet beginning in the 1950s and continuing through the recent mumblecore movement, key independent filmmakers have broken with the traditional screenplay. Instead, they have turned to new approaches to scripting that allow for more complex characterization and shift the emphasis from the page to performance.In Rewriting Indie Cinema, J. J. Murphy explores these alternative forms of scripting and how they have shaped American film from the 1950s to the present. He traces a strain of indie cinema that used improvisation and psychodrama, a therapeutic form of improvised acting based on a performer’s own life experiences. Murphy begins in the 1950s and 1960s with John Cassavetes, Shirley Clarke, Barbara Loden, Andy Warhol, Norman Mailer, William Greaves, and other independent directors who sought to create a new type of narrative cinema. In the twenty-first century, filmmakers such as Gus Van Sant, the Safdie brothers, Joe Swanberg, and Sean Baker developed similar strategies, sometimes benefitting from the freedom of digital technology. In reading key films and analyzing their techniques, Rewriting Indie Cinema demonstrates how divergence from the script has blurred the divide between fiction and nonfiction. Showing the ways in which filmmakers have striven to capture the subtleties of everyday behavior, Murphy provides a new history of American indie filmmaking and how it challenges Hollywood industrial practice." -- Taken from TroveNotes: Includes bibliographical references and index.ISBN: 9780231191975Donation: Senses of CinemaContents: Introduction. Across the spectrum: from improvisation to psychodrama -- And I hate actors: the new American cinema -- Let's not phony it up anymore: the films of John Cassavetes -- Place-based realism: Mackenzie, Loden, and Burnett -- Experiments in psychodrama: Mekas, Warhol, Clarke, and Mailer -- Human life isn't necessarily well-written: the films of William Greaves: symbiopsychotaxiplasm: take one and take 2 1/ 2 -- Beyond the method: Abel Ferrara and Harvey Keitel -- Tied to a machine: the films of Gus Van Sant -- Like how you talk: the films of Joe Swanberg -- Improvisation and place: Putty Hill, Stand clear of the closing doors, and the films of Sean Baker -- Rediscovering psychodrama: Frownland, Heaven knows what, and Stinking heaven -- The line between reality and staging: Actor Martinez, Actress, and The witness -- Conclusion: blending fiction and documentary
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Screen writings : scripts and texts by independent filmmakers / [edited by] Scott MacDonald Berkeley: University of California Press, 1995.
Call No: 792 SCRAuthor: MacDonald, Scott, 1942 Place: BerkeleyPublisher: University of California PressPubDate: 1995PhysDes: ix, 339 p. : ill. ; 24 cmSubject: SCRIPTS ; INDEPENDENT FILMS ; MULVEY, LAURA ; WOLLEN, PETER ; SNOW, MICHAEL ; TRINH, T. MINH-HA ; FRIEDRICH, SU ; ONO, YOKO ; GREAVES, WILLIAM ; BENNING, JAMES ; ROSE, PETER ; FISHER, MORGAN ; FLEMING, ANN MARIE ; RAINER, YVONNE ; FRAMPTON, HOLLIS ; REASSEMBLAGE (US, Trinh T. Minh-ha, 1983) ; NAKED SPACES (US, Trinh T. Minh-ha, 1985) ; PRIVILEGE (US, Yvonne Rainer, 1990) ; NEW SHOES : AN INTERVIEW IN EXACTLY 5 MINUTES (CN?, Ann Marie Fleming, 1990) ; YOU TAKE CARE NOW (CN?, Ann Marie Fleming, 1989) ; SYMBIOPSYCHOTAXIPLASM : TAKE ONE (US, William Greaves, 1991 [prod.1967]) ; ZORNS LEMMA (US, Hollis Frampton, 1970) ; POETIC JUSTICE (US, Hollis Frampton, 1972) ; GLORIA! (US, Hollis Frampton, 1979) ; RIDDLES OF THE SPHINX (UK, Laura Mulvey & Peter Wollen, 1977) ; GRAND OPERA (US, James Benning, 1979) ; HIM AND ME (GW, James Benning, 1982) ; SO IS THIS (CN, Michael Snow, 1982) ; PLEASURES OF THE TEXT (US, Peter Rose, 1985) ; SECONDARY CURRENTS (US, Peter Rose, 1983) ; STANDARD GAUGE (US, Morgan Fisher, 1985?) ; GENTLY DOWN THE STREAM (US, Su Friedrich, 1983) ; SINK OR SWIM (US, Su Friedrich, 1981) Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 337-339)ISBN: 0520080246 (cloth : alk. paper); 0520080254 (pbk. : alk. paper)LON: 9335490
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