Description
Downtown Film and TV Culture 1975-2001 brings together essays by filmmakers, exhibitors, cultural critics and scholars from multiple generations of the New York Downtown scene to illuminate individual films and filmmakers and explore the creation of a Downtown Canon, the impact of AIDS on younger filmmakers, community access to cable television broadcasts, and the impact of the historic downtown scene on contemporary experimental culture. The book includes J. Hoberman's essay 'No Wavelength: The Parapunk Underground', as well as historical essays by Tony Conrad and Lynne Tillman, interviews with filmmakers Bette Gordon and Beth B, and essays by Ivan Kral and Nick Zedd.
About the Author
Joan Hawkins is associate professor in the Department of Communication and Culture at Indiana University.
Book Information
ISBN 9781783204229
Author Joan Hawkins
Format Paperback
Page Count 232
Imprint Intellect Books
Publisher Intellect Books
Weight(grams) 662g
Dimensions(mm) 229mm * 178mm * 22mm