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  | | American Ethnographic Film and Personal Documentary(1st Edition) The Cambridge Turn by Scott Macdonald Paperback, 424 Pages, Published 2013 by University Of California Press ISBN-13: 978-0-520-27562-1, ISBN: 0-520-27562-4 ""American Ethnographic Film and Personal Documentary" is a critical history of American filmmakers crucial to the development of ethnographic film and personal documentary. The Boston and Cambridge area is notable for nurturing these approaches to documentary film via institutions such as the MIT Film Section and the Film Study Center, the Carpenter Center and the Visual and Environmental Studies Department at Harvard. Scott MacDonald u ..." |
 | | A Critical Cinema 2(1st Edition) Interviews with Independent Filmmakers (Bk. 2) by Scott Macdonald Paperback, 476 Pages, Published 1992 by University Of California Press ISBN-13: 978-0-520-07918-2, ISBN: 0-520-07918-3 "This sequel to "A Critical Cinema" offers a new collection of interviews with independent filmmakers that is a feast for film fans and film historians. Scott MacDonald reveals the sophisticated thinking of these artists regarding film, politics, and contemporary gender issues. The interviews explore the careers of Robert Breer, Trinh T. Minh-ha, James Benning, Su Friedrich, and Godfrey Reggio. Yoko Ono discusses her cinematic collaborat ..." |
 | | A Critical Cinema 1(88th Edition) Interviews with Independent Filmmakers (Bk. 1) by Scott Macdonald, Baker Sidney Macdonald Paperback, 422 Pages, Published 1988 by University Of California Press ISBN-13: 978-0-520-05801-9, ISBN: 0-520-05801-1 "It is widely understood that writing can discuss writing, but we rarely consider that film can be used as a means of analyzing conventions of the commercial film industry, or of theorizing about cinema in general. Over the past few decades, however, independent cinema has produced a body of fascinating films that provide intensive critiques of nearly every element of the cinematic apparatus. The experience of these films simultaneously ..." |
 | | Canyon Cinema(1st Edition) The Life and Times of an Independent Film Distributor by Scott Macdonald Paperback, 480 Pages, Published 2008 by University Of California Press ISBN-13: 978-0-520-25087-1, ISBN: 0-520-25087-7 "Bringing alive a remarkable moment in American cultural history, Scott MacDonald tells the colorful story of how a small, backyard organization in the San Francisco Bay Area emerged in the 1960s and evolved to become a major force in the development of independent cinema. Drawing from extensive conversations with men and women crucial to Canyon Cinema, from its newsletter Canyon Cinemanews, and from other key sources, MacDonald offers a ..." |
 | | A Critical Cinema 3(1st Edition) Interviews with Independent Filmmakers (Bk. 3) by Scott Macdonald Paperback, 452 Pages, Published 1998 by University Of California Press ISBN-13: 978-0-520-20943-5, ISBN: 0-520-20943-5 ""A Critical Cinema 3" continues Scott MacDonald's compilation of personal interviews and public discussions with major contributors to independent filmmaking and film awareness. An informative exchange with Amos Vogel, whose Cinema 16 Society drew American filmgoers into a broader sense of film history, is followed by interviews reflecting a wide range of approaches to filmmaking. Sally Potter discusses her popular feature, "Orlando," i ..." |
 | | Screen Writings(1st Edition) Texts and Scripts from Independent Films by Scott Macdonald, Yoko Ono, William Greaves, Hollis Frampton, Laura Mulvey, Peter Wollen, James Benning, Michael Snow, Peter Rose, Morgan Fisher, Su Friedrich, Ann Marie Fleming, Yvonne Rainer Paperback, 352 Pages, Published 1995 by University Of California Press ISBN-13: 978-0-520-08025-6, ISBN: 0-520-08025-4 ""Ask audience to cut the part of the image on the screen that they don't like. Supply scissors."―Yoko Ono, Tokyo, June 1964A dazzling range of unconventional film scripts and texts, many published for the first time, make up Scott MacDonald's newest collection. Illustrated with nearly 100 film stills, this fascinating book is at once a reference work of film history and an unparalleled sampling of experimental "language art." It contrib ..." |
 | | Saving Investa How An Ex-Factory Worker Helped Save One Of Australia's Iconic Companies by Scott Macdonald Paperback, 232 Pages, Published 2016 by Next Century Publishing ISBN-13: 978-1-68102-080-8, ISBN: 1-68102-080-7 "It was the biggest investment in the history of Morgan Stanley's $100 Billion real estate fund business; it was one of the largest deals in the history of Australian property. In 2007, Morgan Stanley bought Investa Property Trust for more than $6.5 billion. In less than a year, the investment was in trouble. Scott MacDonald, an American CEO with no prior experience in Australia, agreed to meet with the Company and Morgan Stanley execut ..." |
 | | Avant-Doc(1st Edition) Intersections of Documentary and Avant-Garde Cinema by Scott Macdonald Paperback, 472 Pages, Published 2014 by Oxford University Press ISBN-13: 978-0-19-938871-4, ISBN: 0-19-938871-7 "MacDonald explores the cinematic territory between the traditional categories of "documentary" and "avant-garde" film, through candid, in-depth conversations with filmmakers whose work has challenged these categories. Arranged in an imaginative chronology and written to be accessible to any film-interested reader, the interviews in Avant-Doc chart half a century of thinking by inventive filmmakers such as Robert Gardner, Ed Pincus, Alfr ..." |
 | | Adventures of Perception(1st Edition) by Scott Macdonald Paperback, 436 Pages, Published 2009 by University Of California Press ISBN-13: 978-0-520-25856-3, ISBN: 0-520-25856-8 "Over the past twenty-five years, Scott MacDonald's kaleidoscopic explorations of independent cinema have become the most important chronicle of avant-garde and experimental film in the United States. In this collection of thematically related personal essays and conversations with filmmakers, he takes us on a fascinating journey into many under-explored territories of cinema. MacDonald illuminates topics including race and avant-garde f ..." |
 | | Art in Cinema Documents Toward a History of the Film Society (Wide Angle Books) by Scott Macdonald, Robert A. Haller, Frank Stauffacher Hardcover, 320 Pages, Published 2006 by Temple University Press ISBN-13: 978-1-59213-425-0, ISBN: 1-59213-425-4 "From 1946 until 1954, the San Francisco-based film society Art in Cinema presented programs of independent film to audiences at the San Francisco Museum of Art and the University of California, Berkeley. Led by filmmaker Frank Stauffacher, Art in Cinema's programs pioneered the promotion of avant-garde cinema in America. Scott MacDonald's "Art in Cinema" presents complete programs presented by the legendary society; dozens of previously ..." |
 | | A Critical Cinema 5(1st Edition) Interviews with Independent Filmmakers (No. 5) by Scott Macdonald Paperback, 462 Pages, Published 2006 by University Of California Press ISBN-13: 978-0-520-24595-2, ISBN: 0-520-24595-4 "A Critical Cinema 5 is the fifth volume in Scott MacDonald's Critical Cinema series, the most extensive, in-depth exploration of independent cinema available in English. In this new set of interviews, MacDonald engages filmmakers in detailed discussions of their films and of the personal experiences and political and theoretical currents that have shaped their work. The interviews are arranged to express the remarkable diversity of mode ..." |
 | | Being and Goodness(Reprint) The Concept of the Good in Metaphysics and Philosophical Theology by Scott Macdonald, Gareth B. Matthews, Scott Charles Macdonald Paperback, 336 Pages, Published 1990 by Cornell University Press ISBN-13: 978-0-8014-9779-7, ISBN: 0-8014-9779-5 "The intuition that there is a necessary connection between being and goodness has guided a philosophical tradition that includes Plato, Aristotle, Augustine, Boethius, and Aquinas; but surprisingly, the details of this legacy remain relatively unknown. In exploring this tradition of philosophical reflection on the nature of goodness, the twelve essays in this book (all but two published here for the first time) present some of the best ..." |
 | | The Sublimity of Document Cinema as Diorama by Scott Macdonald, Hamilton College Paperback, 560 Pages, Published 2019 by Oxford University Press ISBN-13: 978-0-19-005213-3, ISBN: 0-19-005213-9 "The Sublimity of Document: Cinema as Diorama is a collection of in-depth, substantive interviews with moving-image artists working "avant-doc, that is, making films that explore the territory between documentary and experimental cinema.The book uses the early history of the museum habitat diorama of animal life, specifically the Hall of African Mammals at the American Museum of Natural History, as a way of rethinking both early and mode ..." |
 | | American Ethnographic Film and Personal Documentary(1st Edition) The Cambridge Turn by Scott Macdonald Hardcover, 424 Pages, Published 2013 by University Of California Press ISBN-13: 978-0-520-27561-4, ISBN: 0-520-27561-6 "American Ethnographic Film and Personal Documentary is a critical history of American filmmakers crucial to the development of ethnographic film and personal documentary. The Boston and Cambridge area is notable for nurturing these approaches to documentary film via institutions such as the MIT Film Section and the Film Study Center, the Carpenter Center and the Visual and Environmental Studies Department at Harvard. Scott MacDonald use ..." |
 | | Augustine On the Free Choice of the Will, On Grace and Free Choice, and Other Writings (Cambridge Texts in the History of Philosophy) by Peter King, Scott Macdonald, Cambridge University Press, Saint Augustine Paperback, 310 Pages, Published 2010 by Cambridge University Press ISBN-13: 978-0-521-00129-8, ISBN: 0-521-00129-3 "The works translated here deal with two major themes in the thinking of St Augustine (354 430): free will and divine grace. On the one hand, free will enables human beings to make their own choices; on the other hand, God's grace is required for these choices to be efficacious. 'On the Free Choice of the Will', 'On Grace and Free Choice', 'On Reprimand and Grace' and 'On the Gift of Perseverance' set out Augustine's theory of human resp ..." |
 | | Separating Fools from their Money(1st Edition) A History of American Financial Scandals by Scott B. Macdonald, Jane Elizabeth Hughes, Janee Hughes Hardcover, 273 Pages, Published 2007 by Transaction Publishers ISBN-13: 978-0-7658-0356-6, ISBN: 0-7658-0356-9 |
 | | Being and Goodness(1st Edition) The Concept of the Good in Metaphysics and Philosophical Theology by Scott Macdonald Hardcover, 336 Pages, Published 1990 by Cornell University Press ISBN-13: 978-0-8014-2312-3, ISBN: 0-8014-2312-0 "The intuition that there is a necessary connection between being and goodness has guided a philosophical tradition that includes Plato, Aristotle, Augustine, Boethius, and Aquinas; but surprisingly, the details of this legacy remain relatively unknown. In exploring this tradition of philosophical reflection on the nature of goodness, the twelve essays in this book (all but two published here for the first time) present some of the best ..." |
 | | Cannabis Crashes Myths Truths by Scott Macdonald Softcover, Published by Lulu. Com ISBN-13: 978-0-359-02413-1, ISBN: 0-359-02413-0 |
 | | Poetry collection for my daughter A short collection of poems I wrote by Andrew Scott Macdonald Published 2018 by Independently Published ISBN-13: 978-1-72933-834-6, ISBN: 1-72933-834-8 |
 | | Dancing on a Volcano(2nd Edition) The Latin American Drug Trade by Scott B. Macdonald Paperback, 177 Pages, Published 1988 by Praeger ISBN-13: 978-0-275-93105-6, ISBN: 0-275-93105-6 |
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