Research Catalog
Su Friedrich
- Title
- Su Friedrich / Barbara Mennel.
- Author
- Mennel, Barbara Caroline
- Publication
- Urbana : University of Illinois Press, [2023]
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Details
- Description
- x, 178 pages : illustrations; 21 cm.
- Summary
- "With acclaimed films like Sink or Swim and The Odds of Recovery, Su Friedrich's body of work stands at the forefront of avant-garde and Queer cinema. Barbara Mennel examines the career of an experimental auteur whose merger of technical innovation and political critique connects with both cinephiles and activists. Friedrich's integration of cinematic experimentation with lesbian advocacy serves as a beginning rather than an end point of analysis. With that in mind, Mennel provides an essential overview of the filmmaker's oeuvre while highlighting the defining characteristics of her artistic and political signature. She also situates Friedrich within the cultural, political, and historical contexts that both shape the films and are shaped by them. Finally, Mennel expands our notion of auteurism to include directors who engage in collaborative and creative processes rooted in communities"--
- Series Statement
- Contemporary film directors
- Uniform Title
- Contemporary film directors.
- Subject
- Genre/Form
- Biographies.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references, filmography, and index.
- Contents
- A politics of the personal in experimental filmmaking -- An interview with Su Friedrich.
- Call Number
- MWETS (Friedrich, S.) 23-4396
- ISBN
- 9780252045288
- 0252045289
- 9780252087417
- 0252087410
- LCCN
- 2023000627
- OCLC
- 1346535130
- Author
- Mennel, Barbara Caroline, author.
- Title
- Su Friedrich / Barbara Mennel.
- Publisher
- Urbana : University of Illinois Press, [2023]
- Type of Content
- text
- Type of Medium
- unmediated
- Type of Carrier
- volume
- Series
- Contemporary film directorsContemporary film directors.
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references, filmography, and index.
- Other Form:
- Online version: Mennel, Barbara Caroline. Su Friedrich Urbana : University of Illinois Press, 2023 9780252054808 (DLC) 2023000628
- Research Call Number
- MWETS (Friedrich, S.) 23-4396