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Book SynopsisJonas Mekas is one of the driving forces behind New York's alternative film culture from the 1950s through the 1980s This collection of essays, interviews, and photographs addresses such topics as Mekas' column in 'The Village Voice', his foundation and editorship of Film Culture, his role in the establishment of Anthology Film Archives, and more.
Table of ContentsAcknowledgments1Introduction32Routines of Emancipation: Alternative Cinema in the Ideology and Politics of the Sixties173The Old Days494Jonas Mekas: A European Critic in America515"Loved Him, Hated It": An Interview with Andrew Sarris626The Apron Strings of Jonas Mekas837How I Think I Made Some of My Films978The Forest and The Trees1009Notes on Displacement: The Poems and Diary Films of Jonas Mekas12110During the Second Half of the Sixties13811Film Diary/Diary Film: Practice and Product in Walden14512A Portfolio of Photographs18013Reminiscences, Subjectivities, and Truths19314My Contacts with Jonas Mekas21315Lost, Lost, Lost: Mekas as Essayist21516Dear Friends24017Film Writing and the Figure of Death: He Stands in a Desert Counting the Seconds of His Life24118A Tale of Two Co-ops25519Jonas Mekas26620Wearing the Critic's Hat: History, Critical Discourses, and the American Avant-Garde Cinema26821Who Is Afraid of Jonas Mekas?28422Video at Anthology28623I Feel Passionate about the Film Journals of Jonas Mekas29324Home Movies of the Avant-Garde: Jonas Mekas and the New York Art World294Appendices313AAutobiographical Notes315BFilmography321CShowcases I Ran in the Sixties323BBooks Published325Index327
