{"product_id":"frank-films-the-film-and-video-work-of-robert-frank-paperback","title":"Frank Films: The Film and Video Work of Robert Frank - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eRobert Frank\u003c\/b\u003e (Photographer), \u003cb\u003eBrigitta Burger Utzer\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor), \u003cb\u003eStefan Grisseman\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA unique approach to Robert Frank's film and video work\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eOn the heels of Steidl's DVD releases of Robert Frank's films, and as a part of their impressive ongoing project to make all of Frank's output available, \u003ci\u003eFrank Films\u003c\/i\u003e redresses the imbalance of critical attention paid to his work in cinema--an oeuvre as esteemed among cinephiles as his photography is elsewhere. Frank turned to filmmaking towards the end of the 1950s, interrupting his swift rise to fame after \u003ci\u003eThe Americans\u003c\/i\u003e. Frank describes \"a decision: I put my Leica in a cupboard. Enough of lying in wait, pursuing, sometimes catching the essence of the black and the white, the knowledge where God is. I make films. Now I speak to the people in my viewfinder.\" Never content to walk the same path twice, he has approached each of his 27 films as a new experience, so that his films have proved difficult to categorize, especially in their amalgamation of documentary, fiction and autobiography. \u003ci\u003eFrank Films\u003c\/i\u003e presents essays by Amy Taubin, Philip Brookman, Stefan Grisseman, Thomas Miessgang, Kent Jones, Michael Barchet, Pia Neuman and Bert Rebhandl, an interview with Allen Ginsberg and essays by various authors examining each film and video in detail. Visually, \u003ci\u003eFrank Films\u003c\/i\u003e provides a unique approach to the work, since--at his request--only new stills made from videotapes have been used for reproduction. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eRobert Frank\u003c\/b\u003e was born in Zurich in 1924 to parents of Jewish descent. He immigrated to the United States two years after World War II ended, and since then he has produced work that changed the history of art and photography. Groundbreaking projects include \u003ci\u003eThe Americans\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eLines of My Hand\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eBlack White and Things\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003ePull My Daisy\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eCocksucker Blues\u003c\/i\u003e. Frank was the subject of a major retrospective organized by the National Gallery of Art, Washington, in 1994. He was the recipient of the Hasselblad Award in 1996. A major exhibition organized by The National Gallery of Art, \u003ci\u003eLooking In: Robert Frank's \"The Americans,\"\u003c\/i\u003e is touring nationally in 2009, with stops in Washington, San Francisco and New York.\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 272\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.8 x 9.4 x 6.6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e December 31, 2009\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51769734889760,"sku":"9783865218155","price":45.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/e1e079337b6e7523e1849c45396b0e8c.webp?v=1780354980","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/frank-films-the-film-and-video-work-of-robert-frank-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}