[NEohioPAL]Cleveland Public Library: Experimental Sundance Horror

[Donald Boozer]

This week=27s posting from the Literature Department at Cleveland Public =

Library=2E=2E=2E
The Literature Department is located on the second floor of the Main =

Library=2C downtown Cleveland=2C at East Sixth Street and Superior Avenue=
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Click on the link provided to access the library=92s catalog to reserve =

any of these titles=2E For more information=2C visit our location=2C call=
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623-2881=2C or email us at =93literature =3Cat=3E cpl=2Eorg=2E=94

Experimental Film and Video=2E
Jackie Hatfield=2E
John Libbey Publishing=2C 2006=2E
(PN1995=2E9=2EE96 E965 2006)
http=3A//www=2Ecpl=2Eorg/cgi-bin/lookup=2Epl=3Fisbn=3D0861966643
(Link includes cover art=2C a summary=2C and table of contents)
=93For artists working with moving image in the late twentieth century=2C=
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the past forty years of technological innovation has significantly =

altered the materials of production=2C revolutionising the possibilities =

for experiment and exhibition=2E Not since the invention of film has =

there been such a critical period of major change in the imaging =

technologies accessible to artists=2E Bringing together key artists in =

film=2C video and digital media this Anthology=2C Experimental Film and =

Video=2C revisits the divergent philosophical and critical discourses of =

the 1970s and in the light of the convergence technologies of digital =

media and paradigms encompassing the technological=2C narrative=2C =

expanded=2C performative=2C theatrical and sculptural=2C re-positions the=
se =

debates relative to contemporary practice=2E Forty artists have =

contributed images=2C and twenty-five artists reflect on the diverse =

critical agendas=2C contexts=2C and communities that have affected their =

practice across the period from the late
 1960s to date=2E=94 =96 from book jacket

The Sundance Kids=3A How the Mavericks Took Back Hollywood=2E
James Mottram=2E
Faber and Faber=2C Inc=2E=2C 2006=2E
(PN1993=2E5=2EU6 M68 2006)
http=3A//www=2Ecpl=2Eorg/cgi-bin/lookup=2Epl=3Fisbn=3D0571222676
(Link includes table of contents)
=93Mottram takes a close look at how these mavericks have impacted the =

cinematic landscape=2E He explores the current state of the Hollywood =

studios=3B what it can mean now to be =93independent=94 in the wake of mi=
ni-
majors like Miramax and New Line=3B the particular influence of =

uncompromising artists like Steven Soderbergh and Quentin Tarantino=3B =

the unique platform provided them by the Sundance Film Festival=3B the =

contribution of British filmmakers like Sam Mendes to the mix=3B and how=2C=
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for the first time since Paddy Chayefsky=2C writers such as Charlie =

Kaufman are becoming household names while playing a key part in the =

new Hollywood=2E=94 =96 from publisher=92s description

Horror International=2E
Edited by Steven Jay Schneider and Tony Williams=2E
Wayne State University Press=2C 2005=2E
(PN1995=2E9=2EH6 H73 2005)
http=3A//www=2Ecpl=2Eorg/cgi-bin/lookup=2Epl=3Fisbn=3D0814331017
(Link includes cover art and table of contents)
=93The book is particularly strong in its scope =96 not only gialli=2C Ho=
ng =

Kong cinema=2C and Spanish horror=2C but Thai cinema=2C Egyptian films=2C=
 and =

Dutch and Romanian horror are covered here=2E=94 =96 from the book jacket=


Remember=2C books highlighted here can be borrowed through any CLEVNET =

library with the touch of a button=2E Whether you=27re from Cleveland=2C =

Shaker Heights=2C Peninsula=2C or Twinsburg=2C just place a hold through =
the =

link provided and choose your library as the pickup location=2E
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Donald Boozer
Subject Department Librarian
Literature Department
Cleveland Public Library
325 Superior Avenue=2C Cleveland=2C OH 44114
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216-623-2881 / 216-623-7050 (fax)
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