Re: Home Movie Aesthetics

From: Jennifer Proctor (email suppressed)
Date: Sat Oct 06 2007 - 11:35:01 PDT


Home Movies and Other Necessary Fictions - Michelle Citron

Home Movies: A History of the Amateur Motion Picture Industry in the United
States - Alan Kattelle (http://www.homemoviehistory.com/ )

Melinda Stone's dissertation on amateur film clubs (you can get it through
most university interlibrary loan programs)

Here's also a nice little bibliography of other sources:
http://www.amianet.org/committees/Interest/SmallGauge/bibliography/history.html

Cheers,
Jen
Grand Rapids, Michigan USA

On 10/6/07, Yoel Meranda <email suppressed> wrote:
>
> This is a wonderful book about 8mm:
>
> Big As Life - An American History of 8mm Films (The Museum of Modern
> Art/ San Francisco Cinematheque)
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> yoel
>
>
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> On 10/6/07, adam <email suppressed> wrote:
> > 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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Jennifer Proctor
Visiting Assistant Professor, Film and Video
School of Communications
Grand Valley State University
http://gvsu.edu/filmvideo
http://jenniferproctor.com
http://lostinlight.org
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