Two Bicycles by Jerry White
Jean-Luc Godard and Anne-Marie Mieville are among the most important postwar filmmakers; they have worked across forms, across media, and across countries. This book examines the way they expanded the possibilities of cinema by using cutting-edge video equipment in a constant search for a new kind of filmmaking.-
Dziga Vertov
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Talking Movies Contemporary World Filmmakers in Interview
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The Hollywood Story to Know About the American Movie Business but
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The Haunted Present
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Parallel Realities in Russian and Ukrainian Contemporary Cinema
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Film’s Feisty Femmes
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She Animates
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Image and Identity
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The Contemporary Russian Cinema Reader
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Russian TV Series in the Era of Transition
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Canadian Television
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The Gendered Screen
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The Radio Eye
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Cinema and Social Change in Germany and Austria
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The Legacies of Jean-Luc Godard
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Detecting Canada
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Cinemasaurus
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Stan Brakhage in Rolling Stock, 1980-1990
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Making Feminist Media
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Music in Range
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Dada, Surrealism, and the Cinematic Effect
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Cubism and Futurism
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He Was Some Kind of a Man
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Reverse Shots
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Harmony and Dissent
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Feeling Canadian
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Programming Reality
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Singing a Different Tune
"Most significantly, one can finally see Mieville outside of a clause with Godard, even as his partner an individual with her own artistic indentity, and an important filmmaker in her own rightOf course, much of this is accomplished implicitly, as White's book is primarily focused on breaking down the films analytically. Indeed, Two Bicycles ' first and foremost act of demystification is firmly directed at clarifying the ideas in the work rather than emphasizing the people behind that work. White's readings of the films are refreshingly succinct. With impressive lucidity, he is able to define the parameters of their undertakings: the context of production; Godard and Mieville's living situation (they mostly spent time in both France and their native Switzerland, but also visited Quebec and Mozambique); and their specific interests at the time. Combining this with close inspection of the duo's running obsessions, influences, and political engagement, White comes up with well-informed but distinctly subjective interpretations of their films.... The most considered value of Two Bicycles comes from its imposition of a segmented arc that defines the ever-changing methods and projects throughout the duo's working history.... White articulates it with a sensitive eye and keen, clear prose, making Two Bicycles an important tool for navigating and understanding such a challenging and rewarding body of work." -- Adam Cook -- Cineaste, Winter 2013
"This is a thoughtful, insightful, and revelatory study on a neglected subject that had new things to teach me on almost every page." -- Jonathan Rosenbaum, author, Goodbye Cinema, Hello Cinephilia (2010), former film critic, Chicago Reader
"This is a thoughtful, insightful, and revelatory study on a neglected subject that had new things to teach me on almost every page." -- Jonathan Rosenbaum, author, Goodbye Cinema, Hello Cinephilia (2010), former film critic, Chicago Reader
Jerry White is Canada Research Chair in European Studies at Dalhousie University. He is the author of numerous books on film, including Two Bicycles: The Work of Jean-Luc Godard and Anne-Marie Miéville (WLU Press, 2013).
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| ISBN 13 | 9781554589357 |
| ISBN 10 | 1554589355 |
| Title | Two Bicycles |
| Author | Jerry White |
| Series | Film And Media Studies |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Wilfrid Laurier University Press |
| Year published | 2013-08-30 |
| Number of pages | 214 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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