Screen Writings: Texts and Scripts from Independent Films

by Scott Maccdonald

Book Overview

"Ask audience to cut the part of the image on the screen that they don't like. Supply scissors."--Yoko Ono, Tokyo, June 1964

A dazzling range of unconventional film scripts and texts, many published for the first time, make up Scott MacDonald's newest collection. Illustrated with nearly 100 film stills, this fascinating book is at once a reference work of film history and an unparalleled sampling of experimental "language art." It contributes...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0520080254
• ISBN13: 9780520080256
• Release Date: April 1995
• Publisher: University of California Press
• Length: 352 Pages
• Weight: 1.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.0" x 9.0"