Table of Contents

Introduction; Part I. From Stern to Stem: Yoko Ono: No.4 (Bottoms); Michael Snow: Wavelength; Ernie Gehr: Serene Velocity; J. J. Murphy: Print Generation; Morgan Fisher: Standard Gauge; Part II. Psychic Excursions: Hollis Frampton: Zorns Lemma; Laura Mulvey and Peter Wollen: Riddles of the Sphinx; James Benning: American Dreams; Su Friedrich: The Ties That Bind; Yervant Gianikian and Angela Ricci Lucchi: From the Pole to the Equator; Part III. Premonitions of Global Cinema: Warren Sonbert: The Carriage Trade; Godfrey Reggio: Powaqqatsi; Trinh T. Minh-ha: Naked Spaces: Living in the Round; Yvonne Rainer: Journey from Berlin/1971; Peter Watkins: The Journey.

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Avant-Garde Film examines fifteen of the most suggestive and useful films from the independent film tradition.