From: Scott Stark (email suppressed)
Date: Sat Jan 10 2004 - 18:10:39 PST
I'm passing along an announcement of the publication of the book
"Devotional Cinema" by filmmaker Nathaniel Dorsky. It's a short (56 pages),
passionate and deeply thoughtful treatise on Dorsky's view of cinema as a
spiritual and metabolic experience, explored through the films of Ozu,
Antonioni, Rosselini and others. Highly recommended. -- Scott
"Devotional Cinema, reprised from filmmaker Nathaniel Dorsky's lecture on
religion and cinema at Princeton University, is a rare treasure of
penetrating insight into the language of film. In a compelling style,
somewhere between a Zen koan and a Victorian love story, Devotional Cinema
makes the case for mindful viewing as a transcendent experience. In the
process, Dorsky reflects upon the role of filmmaking in faith, prayer,
pleasure, and the renewal of the human spirit. For Dorsky, the material
nature of film illuminates a path to devotion. Devotional Cinema is a guide
for makers and viewers who, like Dorsky, seek the 'elemental glory' of
film." -- Kathleen Tyner, author of "Literacy in a Digital World."
Ordering information:
Small Press Distribution
1341 Seventh Street
Berkeley, CA 94710-1403
phone 510-524-1668 or toll free 800-869-7553
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Pages: 56
Price: $10
ISBN 1-931157-05-7
Published by Tuumba Press
2639 Russell Street
Berkeley, CA 94705-2131
510-548-1817 phone
510-704-8350 fax
Scott Stark
email suppressed | fax: 415.642.0270
p.o.box 460910 | san francisco | ca | 94146-0910
flicker experimental film & video:
http://www.hi-beam.net | http://www.scottstark.com
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