The Author as Producer of Nothing
<p>The book includes the first publication of Peter Gidal’s text from 1978, with a new introduction. Gidal in this dense theoretical essay deals with the limits of language and representation in the practice of experimental filmmaking and writing. Considered as one of the most influential experimental filmmakers of last fifty years, Gidal’s lost text <em>The Author as Producer of Nothing</em> will give a new insight into the theoretical and political context to experimental film practices.</p> <p>The afterword by Sezgin Boynik discusses in detail the political contradictions of Gidal’s filmic non-objectivity.</p>
Authors: Peter Gidal
Editors: Sezgin Boynik, Diego Bruno
Contributors: Sezgin Boynik
Proof-readers: Elizabeth Dexter
Designers: Ott Kagovere