Re: Home Movie Aesthetics

From: Patricia Zimmermann (email suppressed)
Date: Sat Oct 06 2007 - 11:13:32 PDT


Not to promote my own work and ego, but my REEL FAMILIES: A SOCIAL HISTORY
OF AMATEUR FILM (Indiana) might be a good start.

I also have a new volume out in three weeks, from U of California Press,
called MINING THE HOME MOVIE, with a more international perspective.
Here's the link:

http://www.ucpress.edu/books/pages/9481.html

Patricia R. Zimmermann, Ph.D.
Professor
Department of Cinema and Photography
Codirector, Finger Lakes Environmental Film Festival
Ithaca College
Ithaca New York 14850 USA
Phone: 607 274 3431 FAX 607 274 7078
http://faculty.ithaca.edu/patty/
http://www.ithaca.edu/fleff

> I am looking for texts (book, essay, online) that address:
>
> - the beginning of the home movie
> - aesthetics of the home movie
> - beginning of video and how it relates to home movies
> - home movies/videos as folk art/popular art
>
> I have 5 windows open to libraries but I thought I'd also post this
> here because I'm sure some of you are well read in this.
>
> Thanks,
> Adam
>
> --
> Adam Trowbridge
> www.atrowbri.com
> www.tw-co.com
>
>
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