The Melancholy Lens: Loss and Mourning in American Avant-Garde Cinema

by Tony Pipolo

The impact of significant loss has exerted a powerful influence on several American avant-garde filmmakers . The Melancholy Lens offers a detailed look at biographical and psychological factors discernible in the art of Maya Deren, Stan Brakhage, Gregory Markopoulos, Robert Beavers, and Ernie
Gehr with an aim toward a greater understanding of their work.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0197551165
• ISBN13: 9780197551165
• Release Date: May 2021
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 212 Pages