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Film and the Anarchist Imagination
Richard Porton
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Paperback. Bearded bomb-throwers, self indulgent nihilists, dangerous subversives - these characteristic cliches of anarchists in the popular imagination are often reproduced in the cinema. In this survey of anarchism in film, Richard Porton deconstructs such stereotypes while offering an account of films featuring anarchist characters and motifs. Num Pages: 322 pages, 1, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: APFA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 236 x 191 x 24. Weight in Grams: 626.
Bearded bomb-throwers, self-indulgent nihilists, dangerous subversives-these characteristic clichés of anarchists in the popular imagination are often reproduced in the cinema. In Film and the Anarchist Imagination, the first comprehensive survey of anarchism in film, Richard Porton deconstructs such stereotypes while offering an authoritative account of films featuring anarchist characters and motifs.
From the early cinema of Griffith and René Clair, to the work of Godard, Lina Wertmüller, Lizzie Borden and Ken Loach, Porton analyzes portrayals of anarchism in film, presenting commentaries and critiques of such classics as Zéro de Conduite, Tout Va Bien, and Love and Anarchy. In addition, he ... Read more
Bearded bomb-throwers, self-indulgent nihilists, dangerous subversives-these characteristic clichés of anarchists in the popular imagination are often reproduced in the cinema. In Film and the Anarchist Imagination, the first comprehensive survey of anarchism in film, Richard Porton deconstructs such stereotypes while offering an authoritative account of films featuring anarchist characters and motifs.
From the early cinema of Griffith and René Clair, to the work of Godard, Lina Wertmüller, Lizzie Borden and Ken Loach, Porton analyzes portrayals of anarchism in film, presenting commentaries and critiques of such classics as Zéro de Conduite, Tout Va Bien, and Love and Anarchy. In addition, he ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
Verso
Condition
New
Number of Pages
320
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781859842614
SKU
V9781859842614
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About Richard Porton
Richard Porton is Editor at Cineaste and has taught Film Studies at the College of Staten Island, Hunter College, Rutgers University, and New York University. He has written on film for a variety of publications including Cinema Scope, In These Times, and Moving Image Source.
Reviews for Film and the Anarchist Imagination
Richard Porton's erudite and eloquent history of anarchist cinema breaks new ground in both film and cultural studies; there is nothing comparable to it in English.
David E. James, author of Power Misses: Essays Across (Un)Popular Culture A pathbreaking work. Alive with intelligence and perception, it is both elegantly conceived and written.
Paul Avrich, author of Sacco and ... Read more This is a major addition to the scholarship around radical film history, and if you have anything more than a passing interest in film or anarchism, I strongly suggest you pick it up.
Sean Sullivan
Maximumrocknroll
Porton traces the anarchist Zeitgeist, reconnects and rekindles those ideas and images of anarchist fervor that have been so distressingly dismantled and suppressed in our time. An exhilarating act of recovery.
Yvonne Rainer, filmmaker Porton's astute and engaging study provides a needed corrective to the 'laughably unsubtle' movies that recycle stereotypes and half-truths.
Catherine Saint Louis
New York Times Book Review
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David E. James, author of Power Misses: Essays Across (Un)Popular Culture A pathbreaking work. Alive with intelligence and perception, it is both elegantly conceived and written.
Paul Avrich, author of Sacco and ... Read more This is a major addition to the scholarship around radical film history, and if you have anything more than a passing interest in film or anarchism, I strongly suggest you pick it up.
Sean Sullivan
Maximumrocknroll
Porton traces the anarchist Zeitgeist, reconnects and rekindles those ideas and images of anarchist fervor that have been so distressingly dismantled and suppressed in our time. An exhilarating act of recovery.
Yvonne Rainer, filmmaker Porton's astute and engaging study provides a needed corrective to the 'laughably unsubtle' movies that recycle stereotypes and half-truths.
Catherine Saint Louis
New York Times Book Review
Show Less