{"product_id":"looking-with-robert-gardner","title":"Looking with Robert Gardner","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAssesses the range and magnitude of Robert Gardner's achievements as a filmmaker, photographer, writer, educator, and champion of independent cinema.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDuring his lifetime, Robert Gardner (1925–2014) was often pigeonholed as an ethnographic filmmaker, then criticized for failing to conform to the genre's conventions-conventions he radically challenged. With the release of his groundbreaking film \u003ci\u003eDead Birds\u003c\/i\u003e in 1963, Gardner established himself as one of the world's most extraordinary independent filmmakers, working in a unique border area between ethnography, the essay film, and poetic\/experimental cinema. Richly illustrated, \u003ci\u003eLooking with Robert Gardner\u003c\/i\u003e assesses the range and magnitude of Gardner's achievements not only as a filmmaker but also as a still photographer, writer, educator, and champion of independent cinema. The contributors give critical attention to Gardner's most ambitious films, such as \u003ci\u003eDead Birds\u003c\/i\u003e (1963, New Guinea), \u003ci\u003eRivers of Sand\u003c\/i\u003e (1975, Ethiopia), and \u003ci\u003eForest of Bliss\u003c\/i\u003e (1986, India), as well as lesser-known films that equally exemplify his mode of seeking anthropological understanding through artistic means. They also attend to his films about artists, including his self-depiction in \u003ci\u003eStill Journey OnM\u003c\/i\u003e (2011); to his roots in experimental film and his employment of experimental procedures; and to his support of independent filmmakers through the Harvard Film Study Center and the television series \u003ci\u003eScreening Room\u003c\/i\u003e, which provided an opportunity for numerous important film and video artists to present and discuss their work.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"State University of New York Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54410578559320,"sku":"9781438460505","price":36.5,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0278\/1295\/4195\/files\/9781438460505.jpg?v=1777897824","url":"https:\/\/agendabookshop.com\/products\/looking-with-robert-gardner","provider":"Agenda Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}