Experimental Animation (Da Capo Paperback)

From the early abstract animation films created at the start of this century to the latest in technologically oriented films here is a comprehensive anthology of cinematic animation. It brings together over 50 interviews and first-person accounts that describe the work of 38 innovative artist-filmmakers. Such pioneers as Alexander Alexeieff and Claire Parker Hans Richter Vicking Eggerling and Oskkar Fishinger are alongside the recent avant-garde of Robert Breer Harry Smith Stan VanDer Beek Peter Foldes and Ed Emschweiller. With nearly 300 illustrations a filmography a glossary of technical terms and a list of distributors this is the first important sourcebook for an emerging art.