The Exploding Eye explores the work of lesser-known American experimental filmmakers whose work has been excluded from the dominant film canon. Although the works of such artists as Michael Snow, Stan Brakhage, Bruce Conner, Robert Nelson, and Maya Deren are well-known to the contemporary scholar of independent cinema, there is an entire body of work created in the American experimental cinema that has been overlooked, work of considerable beauty and influence that was enthusiastically received when first released and that is still available for viewing today, awaiting long-overdue rediscovery.
Featuring more than seventy rare stills and complete information on the films and filmmakers covered, The Exploding Eye offers a fresh vision of American experimental film for critics, scholars, and the general reader.
- ISBN10 0791435652
- ISBN13 9780791435656
- Publish Date 31 October 1997 (first published 30 October 1997)
- Publish Status Active
- Out of Print 1 August 2014
- Publish Country US
- Imprint State University of New York Press
- Format Hardcover
- Pages 250
- Language English