Unseen cinema. 6, Amateur as auteur. Tree trunk to head / by Lewis Jacobs.

AMATEUR AS AUTEUR is part of the film retrospective UNSEEN CINEMA that explores long-forgotten American experimental cinema. The personality of the sculptor Chaim Gross, his mannerisms, his characteristic method of work, and his tendencies are all intimately disclosed in minute details, as though un...

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Other Authors: Jacobs, Lewis (Director), Gross, Chaim, 1904-1991 (Sculptor)
Format: Video
Language:No linguistic content
Published: [United States] : Filmmakers Showcase, 1938.
Series:Academic Video Online
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