The Films of Yvonne Rainer

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To read Rainer's screenplays is to rediscover, even reinvent, thefilms all over again, but more importantly to realize that images and mise-en-sc neare as key to how Rainer's films work as is language." -- TheIndependent"The scripts record the unique structure of(Rainer's) films, the stresses, strains, and crackling of voices layering over andinto one another. Their publication is an important moment for feminist film."-- Cineaste"Rainer's films are not highly accessible but areimportant to the critical imagination as an example of the sustained exploration ofpolitical and feminist theory." -- Choice"Rainer'simportant work in the area of avant-garde filmmaking in the seventies and eightiesis amply recorded in this book... " -- CantrillsFilmnotes'The scripts of Rainer's five films, presented herealong with essays, an interview, and bibliography, demonstrate the evolution of herpolitical consciousness as well as her creative engagement with the contemporaryfilm and cultural scene. These texts challenge the illusionist and ideologicalpresumptions of mainstream culture and cinema.