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COM.ONIXSUITE.9780872863767 03 01 City Lights Books 01 GCOI 87286100793990 02 087286376X 03 9780872863767 15 9780872863767 BC 1 B01 Hammond, Paul Paul Hammond Paul Hammond is a writer, editor, and translator living in Barcelona. He edited and translated <i>The Shadow and Its Shadow: Surrealist Writings on the Cinema</i>, and he is the author of <i>Constellations of Miró, Breton</i>. 01 eng 232 00 232 03 03 0 03 24 Internet CL Hierarchy Art, Music, Cinema & Drama 24 Internet CL Hierarchy Surrealism 01 <P>Here is a classic collection of writings by the Surrealists on their mad love of moviegoing. Forty-odd theoretical, polemical, and poetical essays document Surrealism's scandalous and nonreductive take on film. The essayists include such names as Breton, Aragon, Desnos, Dali, Bunuel, and Man Ray, as well as many of the less famous, though equally fascinating figures of the movement.</p> <P><strong>Table of Contents:</strong>Available light / Paul Hammond</p> <P>Some surrealist advice / The Surrealist Group <br /> War letter / Jacques Vache <br /> On decor / Louis Aragon <br /> Cinema U.S.A. / Philippe Soupault <br /> Battlegrounds and commonplaces / Rene Crevel <br /> Against commercial cinema / Benjamin Peret <br /> Buster Keaton's College / Luis Bunuel <br /> Abstract of a critical history of the cinema / Salvador Dali</P> <P>The marvelous is popular / Ado Kyrou</P> <P>As in a wood / Andre Breton <br /> Picture palaces / Robert Desnos <br /> Plan for a cinema at the bottom of a lake / Bernard Roger <br /> The lights go up / Jacques Brunius <br /> Surrealism and cinema / Jean Goudal <br /> Introduction to black-and-white magic / Albert Valentin <br /> Crossing the bridge / Jacques Brunius <br /> Sorcery and cinema / Antonin Artaud <br /> The screen's prestige / Jacques Brunius <br /> Remarks on cinematic oneirism / Robert Benayoun <br /> The cinema, instrument of poetry / Luis Bunuel <br /> Malombra, aura of absolute love / The Romanian Surrealist Group <br /> Data toward the irrational enlargement of a film: The Shanghai Gesture / The Surrealist Group</P> <P>The film and I / Ado Kyrou <br /> Cinemage / Man Ray <br /> Another kind of cinema / Marcel Marien <br /> Intention and surprise / Nora Mitrani <br /> The ideal summa / Petr Kral <br /> Turkey broth and unlabeled love potions / Gerard Legrand <br /> The fantastic - the marvelous / Ado Kyrou <br /> Concerning King Kong / Jean Ferry <br /> Larry Semon's message / Petr Kral <br /> Hands off love / The Surrealist Group <br /> Chaplin, the copper's nark / Jean-Louis Bedouin <br /> Manifesto of the Surrealists concerning L'ge d'orr / The Surrealist Group</P> <P>Zaroff; or, The prosperities of vice / Robert Benayoun <br /> Eroticism / Robert Desnos <br /> Eroticism = love / Ado Kyrou <br /> Au repas des guerrieres / Nelly Kaplan <br /> Female x film =</p> 02 Here is a classic collection of writings by the Surrealists on their mad love of moviegoing. Forty-odd theoretical, polemical, and poetical essays document Surrealism's scandalous and nonreductive take on film. The essayists include such names as... 04 <blockquote> <p>Available light / Paul Hammond<br> Some surrealist advice / The Surrealist Group<br> War letter / Jacques Vaché<br> On décor / Louis Aragon<br> Cinema U.S.A. / Philippe Soupault<br> Battlegrounds and commonplaces / René Crevel<br> Against commercial cinema / Benjamin Péret<br> Buster Keaton's <i>College </i>/ Luis Buñuel<br> Abstract of a critical history of the cinema / Salvador Dalí<br> The marvelous is popular / Ado Kyrou<br> As in a wood / André Breton<br> Picture palaces / Robert Desnos<br> Plan for a cinema at the bottom of a lake / Bernard Roger<br> The lights go up / Jacques Brunius<br> Surrealism and cinema / Jean Goudal<br> Introduction to black-and-white magic / Albert Valentin<br> Crossing the bridge / Jacques Brunius<br> Sorcery and cinema / Antonin Artaud<br> The screen's prestige / Jacques Brunius<br> Remarks on cinematic oneirism / Robert Benayoun<br> The cinema, instrument of poetry / Luis Buñuel<br> Malombra, aura of absolute love / The Romanian Surrealist Group<br> Data toward the irrational enlargement of a film: <i>The Shanghai Gesture </i>/ The Surrealist Group<br> The film and I / Ado Kyrou<br> Cinemage / Man Ray<br> Another kind of cinema / Marcel Mariën<br> Intention and surprise / Nora Mitrani<br> The ideal summa / Petr Král<br> Turkey broth and unlabeled love potions / Gérard Legrand<br> The fantastic - the marvelous / Ado Kyrou<br> Concerning King Kong / Jean Ferry<br> Larry Semon's message / Petr Král<br> Hands off love / The Surrealist Group<br> Chaplin, the copper's nark / Jean-Louis Bédouin<br> Manifesto of the Surrealists concerning <i>L'Âge d'or </i>/ The Surrealist Group<br> Zaroff; or, The prosperities of vice / Robert Benayoun<br> Eroticism / Robert Desnos<br> Eroticism = love / Ado Kyrou<br> Au repas des guerrières / Nelly Kaplan<br> Female x film = fetish / Gérard Legrand<br> Mae Murray / Jacques Rigaut<br> "Enchanted wanderer": excerpt from a journey album for Hedy Lamarr / Joseph Cornell<br> Iron in the wound / Alain Joubert<br> Pornographers & Co. / Robert Lebel<br> Selected films made by Surrealists<br> A parting shot</p> </blockquote> 08 "Hammond's book is a reminder of the wealth and range of surrealist writings on the cinema. . . . [T]he work represented here is still challenging and genuinely eccentric, locating itself in an 'ethic' of love, reverie and revolt." Sight & Sound 04 03 72 01 http://www.citylights.com/resources/titles/87286100793990/images/87286100793990L.jpg 07 03 72 01 http://www.citylights.com/resources/titles/87286100793990/images/87286100793990S.jpg http://www.citylights.com/book/?GCOI=87286100793990 City Lights Publishers 01 City Lights Publishers 20001101 01 9 in 02 6 in 08 16 oz City Lights Books 01 WORLD 20 20001101 01 02 17.95 USD