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Informationen zum Autor Edited by David E. James Klappentext Jonas Mekas! one of the driving forces behind New York's alternative film culture from the 1950s through the 1980s! made for an unlikely counterculture hero: a Lithuanian emigr and fervent nationalist from an agrarian family! he had not grown up with either capitalist commercialism or the postwar rebellion against it. By focusing on his sensitivity to political struggle! however! leading film commentators here offer fascinating insights into Mekas's career as a writer! filmdistributor! and film-maker! while exploring the history of independent cinema in New York since World War II. This collection of essays! interviews! and photographs addresses such topics as Mekas's column in the Village Voice! his foundation and editorship of Film Culture! his role in the establishment of Anthology Film Archives and The Film-Makers Co-op (the major distribution center for independent film)! his interaction with other artists! including John Lennon and Yoko Ono! and finally the critical assessment of his own films! from Guns of the Trees and The Brig in the sixties to the diary films that followed Walden. The contributors to this volume are Paul Arthur! Vyt Bakaitis! Stan Brakhage! Robert Breer! Rudy Burckhardt! David Curtis! Richard Foreman! Tom Gunning! Bob Harris! J. Hoberman! David E. James! Marjorie Keller! Peter Kubelka! George Kuchar! Richard Leacock! Barbara Moore! Peter Moore! Scott Nygren! John Pruitt! Lauren Rabinovitz! Michael Renov! Jeffrey K. Ruoff! and Maureen Turim. Zusammenfassung Jonas Mekas, one of the driving forces behind New York's alternative film culture from the 1950s through the 1980s, made for an unlikely counterculture hero: a Lithuanian emigr and fervent nationalist from an agrarian family, he had not grown up with either capitalist commercialism or the postwar rebellion against it. By focusing on his sensitivity to political struggle, however, leading film commentators here offer fascinating insights into Mekas's career as a writer, filmdistributor, and film-maker, while exploring the history of independent cinema in New York since World War II. This collection of essays, interviews, and photographs addresses such topics as Mekas's column in the Village Voice, his foundation and editorship of Film Culture, his role in the establishment of Anthology Film Archives and The Film-Makers Co-op (the major distribution center for independent film), his interaction with other artists, including John Lennon and Yoko Ono, and finally the critical assessment of his own films, from Guns of the Trees and The Brig in the sixties to the diary films that followed Walden. The contributors to this volume are Paul Arthur, Vyt Bakaitis, Stan Brakhage, Robert Breer, Rudy Burckhardt, David Curtis, Richard Foreman, Tom Gunning, Bob Harris, J. Hoberman, David E. James, Marjorie Keller, Peter Kubelka, George Kuchar, Richard Leacock, Barbara Moore, Peter Moore, Scott Nygren, John Pruitt, Lauren Rabinovitz, Michael Renov, Jeffrey K. Ruoff, and Maureen Turim. Inhaltsverzeichnis Acknowledgments1Introduction32Routines of Emancipation: Alternative Cinema in the Ideology and Politics of the Sixties173The Old Days494Jonas Mekas: A European Critic in America515"Loved Him! Hated It": An Interview with Andrew Sarris626The Apron Strings of Jonas Mekas837How I Think I Made Some of My Films978The Forest and The Trees1009Notes on Displacement: The Poems and Diary Films of Jonas Mekas12110During the Second Half of the Sixties13811Film Diary/Diary Film: Practice and Product in Walden14512A Portfolio of Photographs18013Reminiscences! Subjectivities! and Truths19314My Contacts with Jonas Mekas21315Lost! Lost! Lost: Mekas as Essayist21516Dear Friends24017Film Writing and the Figure of Death: He Stands in a Desert Counting the Seconds of His Life24118A Tale of Two Co-ops25519Jonas Mekas26620Wearing the Critic's Hat: History! Critical Discourses...
