Optic Antics: The Cinema of Ken Jacobs

Optic Antics has been guided by Arthur's insistence that the book reflect Jacobs's "spirit of raucous contention," rather than tie a neat theoretical bow around the filmmaker. [...] for all its inherent sophistication and rampant erudition it can't help but conjure a folk he...

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Published in:Film Comment 2011, Vol.47 (4), p.79
Main Author: Finnegan, Jesse P
Format: Review
Language:English
Subjects:
Anthologies
Essays
Motion picture directors & producers
Motion pictures
Solomon, Scott
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Summary:Optic Antics has been guided by Arthur's insistence that the book reflect Jacobs's "spirit of raucous contention," rather than tie a neat theoretical bow around the filmmaker. [...] for all its inherent sophistication and rampant erudition it can't help but conjure a folk hero of film history. Since he began making films in 1956, Jacobs has been a guiding light of American experimental cinema- an aesthetic pioneer, technical innovator, theoretical sage, radical provocateur, archival archeologist,and a pedagogue of prolific influence.
ISSN:0015-119X