Film as Film: The Collected Writings of Gregory J. Markopoulos

First Edition, 2014. 541 pages. Book measures 5.75 x 8.75. Illustrated paper-covered boards. No dust jacket as issued. Includes 16 pages of color reproductions, and introductory essays by Mark Weber and P. Adams Sitney.

Film as Film contains some ninety out-of-print or previously unavailable articles by the Greek-American filmmaker who, as a contemporary of Kenneth Anger, Stan Brakhage and Andy Warhol, was at the forefront of a movement that established a truly independent form of cinema. Beginning with his early writings on the American avant-garde and auteurs such as Dreyer, Bresson and Mizoguchi, it also features numerous essays on Markopoulos’ own practice, and on films by Robert Beavers, that were circulated only in journals, self-published editions or program notes. The texts become increasingly metaphysical and poetic as the filmmaker pursued his ideal of Temenos, an archive and screening space to be located at a remote site in the Peloponnese where his epic final work could be viewed in harmony with the Greek landscape. Gregory J. Markopoulos (1928-1992) is a unique figure in film history, whose life’s work stands in testament to his strength of vision and commitment to the medium.

Front board shows slight bumping to bottom corner and one small ding along top edge. Otherwise Near Fine in square tight binding. A clean bright copy.