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Be Sand, Not Oil – The Life and Work of Amos Vogel
Paul (Ed) Cronin
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Description for Be Sand, Not Oil – The Life and Work of Amos Vogel
Paperback. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: APF; BGF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 200 x 171 x 31. Weight in Grams: 574.
Amos Vogel was one of America's most innovative film historians and curators. An émigré from Austria who arrived in New York just before the Second World War, in 1947 he created Cinema 16, a pioneering film club aimed at audiences thirsty for work "that cannot be seen elsewhere," and in 1963 was instrumental in establishing the New York Film Festival. He later embarked on an ambitious teaching career, synthesizing decades of experience and directing his ideas towards students and, eventually, the wider public. In 1974 he published the culmination of his thoughts – along with an extraordinary collection of stills ... Read more
Amos Vogel was one of America's most innovative film historians and curators. An émigré from Austria who arrived in New York just before the Second World War, in 1947 he created Cinema 16, a pioneering film club aimed at audiences thirsty for work "that cannot be seen elsewhere," and in 1963 was instrumental in establishing the New York Film Festival. He later embarked on an ambitious teaching career, synthesizing decades of experience and directing his ideas towards students and, eventually, the wider public. In 1974 he published the culmination of his thoughts – along with an extraordinary collection of stills ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Synema Gesellschaft Fur Film u. Medien
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
Weight
591g
Number of Pages
272
Place of Publication
Vienna, Austria
ISBN
9783901644597
SKU
V9783901644597
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About Paul (Ed) Cronin
Paul Cronin is the editor of Herzog on Herzog, Alexander Mackendrick's On Film-Making: An Introduction to the Craft of the Director, and Lessons with Kiarostami. He has made films on Amos Vogel, Peter Whitehead, and Haskell Wexler's Medium Cool.
Reviews for Be Sand, Not Oil – The Life and Work of Amos Vogel
An indispensable study...If the book is invaluable for gathering together numerous never-before-collected or previously unpublished pieces by Vogel himself, the newly commissioned essays by various scholars are every bit as welcome.
filmcomment An important new book.
The New Yorker
filmcomment An important new book.
The New Yorker