FILM AS FILM: THE COLLECTED WRITINGS OF GREGORY J. MARKOPOULOS contains some ninety out-of-print or previously unavailable articles by the Greek-American filmmaker who, as a contemporary of Kenneth Anger, Stan Brakhage and Andy Warhol, was at the forefront of a movement that established a truly independent form of cinema. Beginning with his early writings on the American avant-garde and auteurs such as Dreyer, Bresson and Mizoguchi, it also features numerous essays on Markopoulos’ own practice, and on films by Robert Beavers, that were circulated only in journals, self-published editions or programme notes. The texts become increasingly metaphysical and poetic as the filmmaker pursued his ideal of Temenos, an archive and screening space to be located at a remote site in the Peloponnese where his epic final work could be viewed in harmony with the Greek landscape. Gregory J. Markopoulos (born 1928, died 1992) is a unique figure in film history, whose life’s work stands in testame

Film as Film: The Collected Writings of Gregory J. Markopoulos

Gregory J. Markopoulos

The Visible Press

SLOW WRITING is a collection of articles by Thom Andersen that reflect on the avant-garde, Hollywood feature films, and contemporary cinema. His critiques of artists and filmmakers as diverse as Yasujirō Ozu, Nicholas Ray, Andy Warhol, and Christian Marclay locate their work within the broader spheres of popular culture, politics, history, architecture, and the urban landscape. The city of Los Angeles and its relationship to film is a recurrent theme. These writings, which span a period of five decades, demonstrate Andersen's social consciousness, humour and his genuine appreciation of cinema in its many forms.
Thom Andersen's films include the celebrated documentary essays "Eadweard Muybridge, Zoopraxographer" (1975), "Los Angeles Plays Itself" (2003), and "The Thoughts That Once We Had" (2015). Together with Noël Burch, he produced primary studies of the Hollywood Blacklist in the form of the book "Les communistes de Hollywood: Autre chose que des martyrs" (1994) and film "Red Hollywood" (1996).
"There are few writers and few filmmakers who make me rethink what cinema is more than Thom Andersen. Sometimes this is a matter of introducing fresh perspectives, such as making cinema and architecture more mutually interactive. It's always a political matter of figuring out just who and where we are, and why." (Jonathan Rosenbaum)
"In his disarmingly plainspoken introduction, Thom Andersen more or less apologizes for not becoming a film critic, and for not delivering a manifesto. SLOW WRITING show us just how terrific a critic he hasn't (mostly) bothered to be. This book belongs on a very small and special shelf of the most incisive and ungrandiose books by artists." (Jonathan Lethem)

Slow Writing: Thom Andersen on Cinema

Thom Andersen

Mark Webber

FILM AS FILM: THE COLLECTED WRITINGS OF GREGORY J. MARKOPOULOS contains some ninety out-of-print or previously unavailable articles by the Greek-American filmmaker who, as a contemporary of Kenneth Anger, Stan Brakhage and Andy Warhol, was at the forefront of a movement that established a truly independent form of cinema. Beginning with his early writings on the American avant-garde and auteurs such as Dreyer, Bresson and Mizoguchi, it also features numerous essays on Markopoulos' own practice, and on films by Robert Beavers, that were circulated only in journals, self-published editions or programme notes. The texts become increasingly metaphysical and poetic as the filmmaker pursued his ideal of Temenos, an archive and screening space to be located at a remote site in the Peloponnese where his epic final work could be viewed in harmony with the Greek landscape. Gregory J. Markopoulos (born 1928, died 1992) is a unique figure in film history, whose life's work stands in testament to his strength of vision and commitment to the medium."This collection of writings by a key figure of the New American Cinema complements, illuminates and extends an incomparable body of work. Equal parts theory, criticism and mythical prose, the texts reflect the charisma and originality of its author - and his enduring romanticism. Brandished by the same absolutes and passion that fuel his films, FILM AS FILM is a seminal addition to film scholarship and film history." (Andréa Picard, Toronto International Film Festival)FILM AS FILM: THE COLLECTED WRITINGS OF GREGORY J. MARKOPOULOS is edited by Mark Webber and has a foreword by P. Adams Sitney. The 2017 paperback edition contains a newly revised filmography.

Humor & Entertainment

Markopoulos, Gregory J

Movies

TELLING INVENTS TOLD is the first collection of writings by artist and filmmaker Lis Rhodes. It includes the influential essay "Whose History?" alongside texts from works such as "Light Reading" and "Pictures on Pink Paper," together with new and previously unpublished materials. Since the 1970s, Rhodes has been making radical and experimental work that challenges hegemonic narratives and the power structures of language. Her writing addresses urgent political issues - from the refugee crisis to workers' rights, police brutality, racial discrimination and homelessness - as well as film history and theory, from a feminist perspective. An important figure at the London Film-Makers Co-operative, Rhodes was also a founding member of Circles, the first British distributor of film, video and performance by women artists. Lis Rhodes was important figure at the London Film-Makers Co-operative, and a founding member of Circles, the first British distributor of film, video and performance by women artists."Lis Rhodes' writings, like her films, are precise and cutting, using language to dismantle language, to question its relation to power, legal frameworks and gender. This long overdue collection provides a unique opportunity to read and re-read her practice." (Aura Satz) "Whose history? It is hard to think of a question more central to our moment, or an artist who has posed it more insistently and urgently than Lis Rhodes. Her films comprise one of the most radical rethinkings of experimental film and politics of the last 50 years; they are like flashbulbs, exposing the physiognomies of power in the cracks of everyday experience. Her writing is both an integral part of her extraordinary filmmaking and a continuation of it. Partisan and sceptical, lyrical and hopeful, it is a voice of resistance to reality as it has been told or sold to us." (Professor Mike Sperlinger, Oslo Academy of Fine Art)

Telling Invents Told

Lis Rhodes

Arts & Photography

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Film as Film: The Collected Writings of Gregory J. Markopoulos

Slow Writing: Thom Andersen on Cinema

Film as Film: The Collected Writings of Gregory J. Markopoulos

Telling Invents Told