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12%OFFGeorge Kouvaros - Awakening the Eye: Robert Frank´s American Cinema - 9780816695591 - V9780816695591
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Awakening the Eye: Robert Frank´s American Cinema

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Description for Awakening the Eye: Robert Frank´s American Cinema Paperback. Num Pages: 232 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; AFKV; AJB; APFB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 340.

Until now, celebrated photographer Robert Frank’s daring and unconventional work as a filmmaker has not been awarded the critical notice it deserves. In this timely volume, George Kouvaros surveys Frank’s films and videos and places them in the larger context of experimentation in American art and literature since World War II.

Born in 1924, Frank emigrated from Switzerland to the United States in 1947 and quickly made his mark as a photojournalist. A 1955 Guggenheim Foundation fellowship allowed him to travel across the country, photographing aspects of American life that had previously received little attention. The resulting book, The Americans, with ... Read more

By examining Frank’s films and videos, including Pull My Daisy, Me and My Brother, and Cocksucker Blues, in the framework of his more widely recognized photographic achievements, Kouvaros develops a model of cross-media history in which photography, film, and video are complicit in the search for fresh forms of visual expression. Awakening the Eye is an insightful, compelling, and, at times, moving account of Frank’s determination to forge a personal connection between the circumstances of his life and the media in which he works.


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Product Details

Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
University of Minnesota Press United States
Number of pages
232
Condition
New
Number of Pages
232
Place of Publication
Minnesota, United States
ISBN
9780816695591
SKU
V9780816695591
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About George Kouvaros
George Kouvaros is senior lecturer in the School of Theatre, Film, and Dance at the University of New South Wales, Australia. 

Reviews for Awakening the Eye: Robert Frank´s American Cinema
"While showing great assurance in talking about Robert Frank’s still photography, George Kouvaros not only gives the films due consideration on their own terms, but also in the way they reflected Frank’s overall art."—Stephen Brooke, York University "This book is a must read for those interested in Frank or avant-garde cinema."—CHOICE "This oeuvre endeavors to take its topics on ... Read more

Goodreads reviews for Awakening the Eye: Robert Frank´s American Cinema


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