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Sitney, P. Adams.
Visionary film: the American avant-garde, 1943-2000 / P. Adams Sitney.—3rd ed.
p. cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN 0-19-514885-1—ISBN 0-19-514886-X (pbk.)
1. Experimental films—United States—History and criticism. I. Title.
PN1995.9.E96 S53 2002
791.43’611—dc21 2001037045
Parts of chapter eight appeared in Artforum, and parts of chapter nine appeared in Film Culture. They are reprinted by permission of the publishers.
“Salutation the Second” by Ezra Pound is reprinted from Personae. Copyright 1926 by Ezra Pound. Reprinted by permission of New Directions Publishing Corporation.
The excerpt from “Miss Furr and Miss Skeene” is from Selected Writings of Gertrude Stein. Copyright 1946 by Random House, Inc. Reprinted by permission of the publisher.
The numerous quotations from Film Culture, the Film-Makers’ Cooperative Catalogue, and the publications of the Film-Makers’ Cinematheque are reprinted by permission of the publisher of Film Culture and Film Culture Non-Profit Corporation.
All film stills courtesy Anthology Film Archives except those indicated from Temenos Archive and the stills of Peter Hutton and Su Friedrich, which the film-makers provided.
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