Raphaël Bassan
Cinéma Expérimental : Abécédaire pour une contre-culture
Author(s) Raphaël Bassan
Format paperback book
Year 2014
Language(s) French
Pages 300 pages
Description
This book, presented in the form of an A-to-Z guide, apparently composite in nature, is to be read as the logbook of a cinephile, an experimental cinema enthusiast who, according to the times and media, according to the programming, has charted a path (to be continued and broadened) offering approaches to avant-garde and experimental cinema. The earliest texts date from 1977, the most recent from 2013. Some writings therefore go back to the time when the author was already contributing to several magazines (Ecran, Canal, Cinéma différent); he felt, intuitively then, that he would never let go. That he would continue his quest (while reporting on films released in theaters) through monographs, filmmaker interviews and, from 1990 onward, by developing reflections on the identity of so-called experimental cinema confronted with the emergence of new media. 1977 is the year the Centre Pompidou opened. The book also offers numerous reviews of events or monographs initiated by this museum. The Cinémathèque française and the forum des images, independent distribution cooperatives and alternative venues have also been present on the experimental front. Through the various texts in this book, one leaves the traditional movie theater and thus engages with a thoroughly contemporary problematic. The reader will find, in Cinéma expérimental. Abécédaire pour une contre-culture, a panorama of experiences, of authors, a history of important events and considerations on the early days of experimental cinema; the different texts are concerned with the French scene as much as with diverse experiences from around the world.