[NEohioPAL]Cleveland Public Library: New Perspectives on Film

[Donald Boozer]

This week's posting from the Literature Department at Cleveland Publi=
c Library looks at film from the perspective of art, literature, and =
poetry.
The Literature Department is located on the second floor of the Main =
Library, downtown Cleveland, at East Sixth Street and Superior Avenue=
. Click on the link provided to access the library=92s catalog to res=
erve any of these titles. For more information, visit our location, c=
all 216-623-2881, or email us at =93literature <at> cpl.org.=94


American Independent Cinema.
Geoff King.
(PN1993.5.U6 K465 2005)
http://www.cpl.org/cgi-bin/lookup.pl?isbn=3D0253218268
(Link includes summary, table of contents, and cover art)
"Chapters focus on distribution and relationships with Hollywood stud=
ios, narrative and other formal dimensions, approaches to genre, and =
alternative sociopolitical visions. King also traces the history of t=
he independent sector from the days of early cinema through the begin=
ning of the 21st century." -- from the back cover.


Literature and Film: A Guide to the Theory and Practice of Film Adapt=
ation.
Edited by Robert Stam and Alessandro Raengo.
(PN1997.85 .L515 2005)
http://www.cpl.org/cgi-bin/lookup.pl?isbn=3D0631230556
(Link includes table of contents)
"Literature and Film is a superb collection of vibrant essays that ch=
art the history and confluence of literature and film. Bringing toget=
her the very latest scholarship in the field, this guide contains ast=
ute and readable contributions - both theoretical and thematic - on t=
he translation of literary into filmic text." -- from the back cover.


Museum Movies: The Museum of Modern Art and the Birth of Art Cinema.
Haidee Wasson.
(PN1993.4 .W27 2005)
http://www.cpl.org/cgi-bin/lookup.pl?isbn=3D0520241312
(Link includes summary and table of contents)
"Haidee Wasson provides a rich cultural history of cinema's transform=
ation from a passing amusement to an enduring art form by describing =
the creation of the Film Library of the Museum of Modern Art (MoMA), =
New York."


This Is Called Moving: A Critical Poetics of Film.
Abigail Child.
(PN1995.9.E96 C42 2005)
http://www.cpl.org/cgi-bin/lookup.pl?isbn=3D0817351604
(Link includes cover art and table of contents)
"In the essays of This Is Called Moving, Child draws on her long care=
er as a practicing poet and an influential filmmaker to explore how t=
hese two language systems inform and cross-fertilize her work." -- fr=
om the back cover. (Abigail Child is Professor of Film and Animation =
at the School of the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston.)


Remember, books highlighted here can be borrowed through any CLEVNET =
library with the touch of a button. Whether you're from Shaker Height=
s, Cleveland, Peninsula, or Twinsburg, just place a hold through the =
link provided and choose your library as the pickup location.
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Donald Boozer, Literature Department
Cleveland Public Library
325 Superior Avenue, Cleveland, OH 44114
donald.boozer at cpl.org
216-623-2881 / 216-623-7050 (fax)
http://www.cpl.org