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Quay Brothers : Into a Metaphysical Playroom by Suzanne Buchan (2011, Trade Paperback)
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Product Identifiers
PublisherUniversity of Minnesota Press
ISBN-100816646597
ISBN-139780816646593
eBay Product ID (ePID)92586548
Product Key Features
Number of Pages296 Pages
LanguageEnglish
Publication NameQuay Brothers : Into a Metaphysical Playroom
SubjectFilm / Genres / Animated, Animation (See Also Film / Genres / Animated), Film & Video, History / General
Publication Year2011
TypeTextbook
AuthorSuzanne Buchan
Subject AreaArt, Performing Arts
FormatTrade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height0.8 in
Item Weight23.3 Oz
Item Length9.9 in
Item Width7.2 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceScholarly & Professional
LCCN2010-001662
TitleLeadingThe
Dewey Edition22
Reviews"Suzanne Buchan's book offers a welcome introduction to the art of the Brothers Quay, with an emphasis on a detailed reading of their animated film, Street of Crocodiles . The Quay Brothers offers engaging descriptions and thought-provoking insights into the Quays' art specifically and into the art of animation generally." --Thomas Lamarre, McGill University, "Suzanne Buchan's book offers a welcome introduction to the art of the Brothers Quay, with an emphasis on a detailed reading of their animated film, Street of Crocodiles . The Quay Brothers offers engaging descriptions and thought-provoking insights into the Quays' art specifically and into the art of animation generally." --Thomas Lamarre, McGill University "To use the term Buchan cites from Joyce, this is a fascinating transluding of the Quays' work into prose. Based on several years' affectionate acquaintance with the pair, The Quay Brothers is entertaining, often innovative, and highly evocative. A great book on the Quays and on the British scene since the 1970s, it also opens up new avenues for animation and film studies." --Sean Cubitt, University of Melbourne, "To use the term Buchan cites from Joyce, this is a fascinating transluding of the Quays' work into prose. Based on several years' affectionate acquaintance with the pair, The Quay Brothers is entertaining, often innovative, and highly evocative. A great book on the Quays and on the British scene since the 1970s, it also opens up new avenues for animation and film studies." --Sean Cubitt, University of Melbourne, "To use the term Buchan cites from Joyce, this is a fascinating transluding of the Quays' work into prose. Based on several years' affectionate acquaintance with the pair, The Quay Brothers is entertaining, often innovative, and highly evocative. A great book on the Quays and on the British scene since the 1970s, it also opens up new avenues for animation and film studies." -Sean Cubitt, University of Melbourne, "Suzanne Buchan's book offers a welcome introduction to the art of the Brothers Quay, with an emphasis on a detailed reading of their animated film, Street of Crocodiles . The Quay Brothers offers engaging descriptions and thought-provoking insights into the Quays' art specifically and into the art of animation generally." -Thomas Lamarre, McGill University
IllustratedYes
Dewey Decimal791.4302/330922
Table Of ContentContents Acknowledgments Introduction 1. Authentic Trappers in Metaphysical Playrooms 2. Palimpsests, Fragments, Vitalist Affinities 3. Traversing the Esophagus 4. Puppets and Metaphysical Machines 5. Negotiating the Labyrinth 6. The Secret Scenario of Soundscapes 7. The Animated Frame and Beyond 8. Animistic Architectures Notes Bibliography Works of the Quay Brothers Index
SynopsisThis work is the first thorough analysis of the creative oeuvre of the Quay Brothers. Known for their animation shorts that rely on puppetry, miniatures, and stop-motion techniques, their fiercely idiosyncratic films are fertile fields for Suzanne Buchan's engaging descriptions and provocative insights into the Quays' art-and into the art of independent puppet animation. Buchan's aesthetic investigation stems from extensive access to the Quay Brothers' artistic practices and work, which spans animation and live-action film, stage design and illustration. She also draws on a long acquaintance with them and on interviews with collaborators essential to their productions, as well as archival sources. Discussions of their films' literary origins, space, puppets, montage, and the often-overlooked world of sound and music in animation shed new light on the expressive world that the Quay Brothers generate out of their materials to create the poetic alchemy of their films. At once a biography of the Quays' artistic trajectory and a detailed examination of one of their best-known films, Street of Crocodiles , this book goes further and provides interdisciplinary methodologies and tools for the analysis of animation.
LC Classification NumberNC1766.G7B763 2010
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