Visible Press
The Afterimage Reader
Author(s) Mark Webber
Format softcover book
Year 2022
Language(s) English
Pages 352 pages
Publisher The Visible Press
Description
The independent British film journal Afterimage published thirteen issues between 1970 and 1987. International in scope, it surveyed the many forms of radical cinema during an extraordinary period in film history. Having emerged in the wake of the cultural and political changes of post-1968, Afterimage mapped contemporary developments with special issues on themes such as the avant-garde, Latin American cinema and visionary animation, and also looked back at early cinema pioneers. It published many of the leading critics of the time and provided a vital forum for the writings and manifestos of filmmakers.
This indispensable collection includes texts by scholars Noël Burch, Roger Cardinal, B. Ruby Rich and Peter Wollen, filmmakers Jean Epstein, Jean-Luc Godard, Derek Jarman and Jan Švankmajer, as well as in-depth interviews with Hollis Frampton and Raúl Ruiz, and more.