Films of Bill Morrison - Aesthetics of the Archive

Avant-garde filmmaker Bill Morrison has been making films that combine archival footage and contemporary music for decades, and he has recently begun to receive substantial recognition: he was the subject of a retrospective at the Museum of Modern Art, and his 2002 film Decasia was selected for the National Film Registry by the Library of Congress. This is the first book-length study of Morrison's work, covering the whole of his career. It gathers specialists throughout film studies to explore Morrison's aesthetics of the archive-his creative play with archival footage and his focus on the materiality of the medium of film.

Sommario

1. Drafts and Fragments, 2. The Film of Her: The Cine-Poet Laureate of Orphan Films(pp. 51-68)
CHAPTER 2 The Film of Her, 3. Ghost Trip, 4. Decasia, 5. The Mesmerist, 6. Light is Calling: Celluloid Dreams, 7. Gotham: Zoetrope, 8. Outerborough, 9. The Highwater Trilogy, 10. Porch, 11. The Future Lasts Long, 12. Who by Water Variations on Matter, 13. Every Stop on the F-Train, 14. Spark of Being, 15. The Miners' Hymns, 16. Tributes, 17. Just Ancient Loops, 18. The Great Flood, 19. Re-Awakenings: Bill Morrison in Conversation

Info autore

Bernd Herzogenrath is professor of American Studies, Goethe University, Frankfurt/Main. Publications include: The Films of Bill Morrison (AUP 2017), Practical Aesthetics (Bloomsbury 2020), and Concepts (Bloomsbury 2022). He is (with Patricia Pisters) the main-editor of the series thinking

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Bernd Herzogenrath
• Con la collaborazione di: Herzogenrath Bernd (Editore)
• Editore: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Tascabile
• Pubblicazione: 01.12.2025
• EAN: 9781041187851
• ISBN: 978-1-0-4118785-1
• Pagine: 298
• Serie: Framing Film
• Categorie: Scienze sociali, diritto, economia > Media, comunicazione > Mediologia; Scienze umane, arte, musica > Storia; History, Media Studies, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Media Studies, Humanities, PERFORMING ARTS / Film / History & Criticism, PERFORMING ARTS / Film / General, bill morrison;film;archive;avant-garde