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Author:Scott MacDonald
A Critical Cinema 1: Interviews with Independent Filmmakers
It is widely understood that writing can discuss writing, but we rarely consider that film can be used as a means of analyzing conventions of the commercial film industry, or of theorizing about cinema in general. Over the past few decades, however, independent cinema...- $36.95
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American Ethnographic Film and Personal Documentary: The Cambridge Turn
American Ethnographic Film and Personal Documentary is a critical history of American filmmakers crucial to the development of ethnographic film and personal documentary. The Boston and Cambridge area is notable for nurturing these approaches to documentary film via institutions such as the MIT Film...- $39.95
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Aquinas's Moral Theory: Essays in Honor of Norman Kretzmann
Aquinas's discussions of moral issues are extensive, and range well beyond the narrowly defined set of issues in the modern tradition of moral philosophy. This volume explores the ethical dimensions of a wide selection of philosophical and theological topics in Aquinas's texts. It covers...- $41.95
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Avant-Doc: Intersections of Documentary and Avant-Garde Cinema
MacDonald explores the cinematic territory between the traditional categories of "documentary" and "avant-garde" film, through candid, in-depth conversations with filmmakers whose work has challenged these categories. Arranged in an imaginative chronology and written to be accessible to any film-interested reader, the interviews in Avant-Doc...- $53.00
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Avant-Garde Film: Motion Studies
The past thirty years have seen the proliferation of forms of independent cinema that challenge the conventions of mass-market commercial movies from within the movie theatre. Avant-Garde Film examines fifteen of the most suggestive and useful films from this film tradition. The films discussed...- $24.99
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Being and Goodness: The Concept of Good in Metaphysics and Philosophical Theology
The intuition that there is a necessary connection between being and goodness has guided a philosophical tradition that includes Plato, Aristotle, Augustine, Boethius, and Aquinas; but surprisingly, the details of this legacy remain relatively unknown. In exploring this tradition of philosophical reflection on the...- $56.95
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Being and Goodness: The Concept of Good in Metaphysics and Philosophical Theology
The intuition that there is a necessary connection between being and goodness has guided a philosophical tradition that includes Plato, Aristotle, Augustine, Boethius, and Aquinas; but surprisingly, the details of this legacy remain relatively unknown. In exploring this tradition of philosophical reflection on the...- $41.95
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Canyon Cinema: The Life and Times of an Independent Film Distributor
Bringing alive a remarkable moment in American cultural history, Scott MacDonald tells the colorful story of how a small, backyard organization in the San Francisco Bay Area emerged in the 1960s and evolved to become a major force in the development of independent cinema....- $36.95
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Charlottetown Then & Now (2nd Ed): Walk with Me
Author: Scott MacDonaldISBN-10: 1773661612ISBN-13: 9781773661612Publisher: Acorn PressLanguage: EnglishPublished: 04/15/2024Pages: 172Format: Paperback- $24.95
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Cinema 16: Documents Toward History of Film Society
As the most successful and influential film society in American history, Cinema 16 was a crucial organization for the creation of a public space for the full range of cinema achievement in the years following World War II. A precursor of the New York...- $44.95
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Legacy: An Ancestral Journey Through American History
The story of Legacy lies at the intersection of ancestry research and early American history. My ancestors were there at the beginning of America including descendants of four native tribes. My European ancestors arrived in New England on the Mayflower and ships soon thereafter;...- $25.00
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Legacy: An Ancestral Journey Through American History
The story of Legacy lies at the intersection of ancestry research and early American history. My ancestors were there at the beginning of America including descendants of four native tribes. My European ancestors arrived in New England on the Mayflower and ships soon thereafter;...- $50.00
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My Friend Charlie: A Book for Young Readers and Dog Lovers
My Friend Charlie is a picture and cartoon book for young readers and dog lovers. Each cartoon figure represents a key lifestyle recommendation such as Enjoy the Day, Be Curious, Learn from Others and Be Yourself. The cartoons are followed by pictures of Charlie...- $20.00
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The Evolution of Aircraft Carriers
In 1910, the great battleship with huge guns was the ultimate expression of naval power. Yet, already one rival had appeared with the emergence of submarines whose torpedoes could sink the largest of battleships. Soon, an even deadlier rival appeared. At first, the new...- $24.95
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The Sublimity of Document: Cinema as Diorama
The Sublimity of Document: Cinema as Diorama is a collection of in-depth, substantive interviews with moving-image artists working "avant-doc, that is, making films that explore the territory between documentary and experimental cinema. The book uses the early history of the museum habitat diorama of...- $49.95
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William Greaves: Filmmaking as Mission
William Greaves is one of the most significant and compelling American filmmakers of the past century. Best known for his experimental film about its own making, Symbiopsychotaxiplasm: Take One, Greaves was an influential independent documentary filmmaker who produced, directed, shot, and edited more than...- $35.00
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William Greaves: Filmmaking as Mission
William Greaves is one of the most significant and compelling American filmmakers of the past century. Best known for his experimental film about its own making, Symbiopsychotaxiplasm: Take One, Greaves was an influential independent documentary filmmaker who produced, directed, shot, and edited more than...- $145.00
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