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Lost highways, embodied travels : the road movie in American experimental film and video
- Title
- Lost highways, embodied travels : the road movie in American experimental film and video / by Kornelia Boczkowska.
- Author
- Boczkowska, Kornelia
- Publication
- Leiden ; Boston : Brill, [2023]
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
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| Text | Use in library | PN1995.9.R63 B63 2023 | Off-site |
Details
- Description
- xv, 275 pages : illustrations (some color); 25 cm.
- Summary
- "Often identified as one of the most genuine and enduring American film genres, the road movie has never been explored in the context of experimental filmmaking. To fill this gap, Lost Highways, Embodied Travels provides the first book-length study of over eighty unique and often obscure films and videos and situates them within the corporeal turn in American avant-garde cinema, so far mostly associated with body genres and sexually explicit films. Drawing on unpublished archival materials, the book offers a fresh take on both past and current practices of the experimental film community for scholars, students, makers and film buffs"--
- Series Statement
- European perspectives on the United States, 2666-724X ; volume 7
- Subject
- Genre/Form
- Criticism, interpretation, etc.
- Film criticism.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes filmography, bibliographical references and index.
- Processing Action (note)
- committed to retain
- Contents
- Introduction -- The road movie and the corporeal turn in experimental film -- Embodied travels : Cars and the body ; Motorcycles and the body ; Cars and relationships -- Americana, Canadiana, Native Americans, and Eco-road movies -- Lost highways : Interstate highways ; Highway landscapes and local roads -- Through the windshield : Framed views ; Windshield views ; Driving on a rainy day ; Car crashes ; The tourist gaze -- Through the side window : Fleeting impressions of Canada: Joyce Wieland's Reason over passion ; Culture clash and embodied memories of Vietnam: Lynne Sachs' Which way is east: notebooks from Vietnam ; Scattered recollections of a family vacation: Michael Stickrod's Vacation tapes ; Driving and landscape painting ; Driving in the desert ; City driving ; Driving at night -- Inside cars : Mirrors, windows, and (movie) screens ; By the side window ; From the back seat ; Backseat passengering -- Conclusion.
- ISBN
- 9789004537248
- 9004537244
- 9789004537989 (canceled/invalid)
- LCCN
- 2022054983
- OCLC
- on1350734664
- SCSB-14556235
- Owning Institutions
- Princeton University Library