Cinemal: The Becoming-Animal of Experimental Film

by Tessa Laird

A foray through the wilds where experimental films and animals collide

Like the flash of a tropical bird's iridescent wing, cinema can be furtive and intensely beautiful--and it can leave a viewer craving more. Cinemal is Tessa Laird's passionate inquiry into the ways that films mimic the majesty, mystery, and movements of animals, her field notes from countless hair-raising encounters with films in their natural habitat...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1517915708
• ISBN13: 9781517915704
• Release Date: April 2025
• Publisher: University of Minnesota Press
• Length: 216 Pages
• Weight: 0.50 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 5.5" x 8.5"