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Artaud

The Screaming Body

By Stephen Barber, Antonin Artaud

Paperback | 9781840680911

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The Screaming Body gives a full and authoritative account of Artaud's film projects and his conception of surrealist cinema. It examines his unique series of drawings of the fragmented human body, begun in the ward of a lunatic asylum and finished in a state of furious liberation. The bookContinue

The Screaming Body gives a full and authoritative account of Artaud's film projects and his conception of surrealist cinema. It examines his unique series of drawings of the fragmented human body, begun in the ward of a lunatic asylum and finished in a state of furious liberation. The book captures Artaud's ultimate experiment with the screaming body in the form of his censored recording To Have Done with the Judgement of God-an experiment which is unprecedented in the history of art.

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  • Artaud Possessed

    You are in Paris, a city still gray from occupation and unsure of peace. The tiny theater overflows with people, all looking important or intense. Someone behind you is identifying them: André Gide in a wool cap, Albert Camus, André Breton recently r ... (read full critics)

    nybooks published on Mon, 23 Aug 2010

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Book Details

  • English Books
  • Paperback 111 Pages
  • ISBN-10: 1840680911
  • ISBN-13: 9781840680911
  • Publisher: Creation Books
  • Pub date: Mar 28, 2005
  • Dimensions: 240 mm x 160 mm x 10 mm Just how big is that?
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