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(0)Jonathan Rosenbaum
Publisher
Amsterdam University Press
Pub. Date
[2004]
Description
Filmmaker, film essayist, installation artist, writer: the Berlin artist Harun Farocki has devoted his life to the power of images. Over the thirty-plus years of his career, Farocki has explored not the images of life but rather the life of images that surrounds us in newspapers, cinema, books, television, and advertising. Harun Farocki examines, from different critical perspectives, his vast oeuvre, which includes three feature films, critical media...
Publisher
Amsterdam University Press
Pub. Date
[2004]
Description
The French Connection, The Last Picture Show, M.A.S.H., Harold and Maude-these are only a few of the iconic films made in the United States during the 1970s. Originally considered a "lost generation," the 1970s are increasingly recognized as a crucial turning point in American filmmaking, and many films from the era have resurfaced from oblivion to become a reference for new directorial talents. The Last Great American Picture Show explores this pivotal...