{"product_id":"the-struggle-for-form-9780231169837","title":"The Struggle for Form","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHighly recommended. CHOICE The variety of voices contained within this slim volume celebrates the different kinds of discourse generated by and about avant-garde filmmakers. The result is a collection as formally experimental as many of the films in question-one that makes for exuberant reading. Slavic and East European Journal\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAcknowledgments  Notes on Contributors Introduction  1. The Themersons and the Polish Avant-Garde: Warsaw-Paris-London, by A. L. Rees 2. 'The Inexpressible Unearthly Beauty of the Cinematograph': The Impact of Polish Futurism on the First Polish Avant-Garde Films, by Kamila Kuc Excerpts from the 'Archives' of the Polish Avant-Garde  3. The Search for a 'More Spacious Form': Experimental Trends in Polish Documentary (1945-1989), by Mikolaj Jazdon 4. Avant-Garde and the Thaw: Experimentation in Polish Cinema of the 1950s and 1960s, by Marcin Gizycki 5. Avant-Garde Exploits: The Cultural Highs and Lows of Polish Emigre Cinema, by Jonathan L. Owen 6. The Mechanical Imagination-Creativity of Machines: Film Form Workshop 1970-1977, by Ryszard Kluszczynski 7. The 1980s: From Specificity to the New Tradition-Avant-Garde Film and Video Art in Poland, by Ryszard Kluszczynski Film Form Workshop Statements 8. A Rebellion a la Polonaise, by Mateusz Werner Bibliography Filmography Index of Names","brand":"Wallflower Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49885695934807,"sku":"9780231169837","price":999.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780231169837.jpg?v=1737915614","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/the-struggle-for-form-9780231169837","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}