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Besides being one of Canada's most celebrated visual artists, Michael Snow is one of the premier experimental filmmakers of his time. Working within the realm of the "avant-garde", his cinematic work has influenced filmmakers as diverse as Wim Wenders, Derek Jarman, Peter Greenaway, Atom Egoyan and Martin Scorcese. Snow's "Wavelength" is one of the seminal works of cinema's avant-garde.
Presence and Absence is certain to become the standard work on the films of Michael Snow. With contributions by film scholars, artists and curators, this generously illustrated volume is the most comprehensive study of Snow's films to date, and includes enlightening essays, anecdotal pieces, an annotated bibliography and filmography."synopsis" may belong to another edition of this title.
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Besides being one of Canada's most celebrated visual artists, Michael Snow is one of the premier experimental filmmakers of his time. Working within the realm of the "avant-garde," his cinematic work has influenced filmmakers as diverse as Wim Wenders, Derek Jarman, Peter Greenaway, Atom Egoyan and Martin Scorsese. Snow's Wavelength is one of the seminal works of cinema's avant-garde.
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Besides being one of Canada's most celebrated visual artists, Michael Snow is one of the premier experimental filmmakers of his time. Working within the realm of the "avant-garde," his cinematic work has influenced filmmakers as diverse as Wim Wenders, Derek Jarman, Peter Greenaway, Atom Egoyan and Martin Scorcese. Snow's "Wavelength" is one of the seminal works of cinema's avant-garde.
"Presence and Absence is certain to become the standard work on the films of Michael Snow. With contributions by film scholars, artists and curators, this generously illustrated volume is the most comprehensive study of Snow's films to date, and includes enlightening essays, anecdotal pieces, an annotated bibliography and filmography.
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Presence and Absence: The Films of Michael Snow 1956-1991. The Michael Snow Project
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Art Gallery of Ontario and Alfred Knopf, 1995
ISBN 10: 0394281063
ISBN 13: 9780394281063
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Soft cover. Condition: Fine. Part of the Art Gallery of Ontario retrospective Michael Snow Project, a series of essays on the groundbreaking experimental films. Contributions by Bart Testa, R. Bruce Elder, Regina Cornwell, Jonas Mekas, Steve Reich and Kathryn Elder. Faint shelf wear to covers, otherwise a fine apparently unread copy without marks inscriptions or underlining. s3. Seller Inventory # EDB00471
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Presence and Absence: The Films of Michael Snow 1956-1991. The Michael Snow Project
Published by
Art Gallery of Ontario and Alfred Knopf, Toronto, 1995
ISBN 10: 0394281063
ISBN 13: 9780394281063
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