简介：美国实验电影导演及摄影家RobertFrank（《拔出雏菊》）作品全集。 Attheendofthe1950s,photographerRobertFrankdecidedthathewasdonewithphotographyandbecameafilmmaker.Notuntilthe1970swouldhebegintotaketheoccasionalstillagain.Todate,Frankhascreatedmorethan25filmsandvideos,someofthemclassicsoftheNewAmericanCinemaofthe1950sand1960s.Inhisfilms,Frankamalgamateddocumentary,fiction,andautobiography,cuttingacrossgenres,defyingeachandeverylawofHollywoodinhisrelentlesssearchfortruth.Inatimewherethecrasscommercialismofmainstreamfilm'svisualgrammarseemstoreignsupreme,Frank'sfilmandvideoworkappearstobehismostradicalandvisionarylegacy.~FrankfilmsfillsalongoverduegapbyprovidingacomprehensiveoverviewofFrank'sfilms.Thebook'smainessaydiscussesthehistoryandtheaestheticsofFrank'sfilmwork,whileshortertextsbyvariousauthorsexamineeveryfilmandvideobyFrankindetail.ThisbookoffersavisuallyuniqueapproachtoFrank'sfilms:athisrequest,onlynewstillstakenfromvideotapeswereused.ThenumerousvideoimagesadduptoavisualessayonFrank'scinemathatentersinanengagingdialoguewithhisphotographicwork,inparticularwiththestillshehascreatedsincethe70s.ThetextsandimagesinFrankFilmsofferaninnovativeandin-depthapproachtotheoeuvreofoneofthegreatestandmostrestlessartistsofthe20thcentury,provingrequiredreadingforeveryoneinterestedinRobertFrankandthehistoryofAmericanavantgardefilm.CreatedincollaborationwithGrazZweitausenddrei,diagonale,ProHelvetia,Sixpackfilm.Adecision:IputmyLeicainacupboard.Enoughoflyinginwait,pursuing,sometimescatchingtheessenceoftheblackandthewhite,theknowledgeofwhereGodis.Imakefilms.NowIspeaktothepeopleinmyviewfinder.Notsimpleandnotespeciallysuccessful.--RobertFrank.…