New German Critique 49: Special Issue on Alexander Kluge (1990)

With texts by Alexander Kluge, Eric Rentschler, Timothy Corrigan, Helke Sander, Heide Schluepmann, Gertrud Koch, Richard Wolin, John Rajchman, and Marc Silberman.

Editors: David Bathrick, Helen Fehervary, Miriam Hansen, Andreas Huyssen, Anson Rabinbach, Jack Zipes
Publisher Telos Press, New York, Winter 1990
196 pages

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See also October 46: Alexander Kluge: Theoretical Writings, Stories and an Interview, 1988.
Kluge at Monoskop wiki

Andrey Tarkovsky: Time Within Time: The Diaries 1970-1986 (1994)

“The diaries of the Russian filmmaker Andrei Tarkovsky cover his life and work in the Soviet Union and the time of his exile in Western Europe.

He called his diaries Martyrolog about which he said in 1974: ‘Pretentious and false as a title, but let it stay as a reminder of my ineradicable, futile worthlessness.’ The diaries are deeply personal and were intended mainly for Tarkovsky himself. Some entries are seemingly trivial, as for example shopping lists or entries on his health. Another frequent topic are other film directors or artists, which Tarkovsky generally regarded with a negative attitude. At other time Tarkovsky discusses philosophical or film theoretical questions, not necessarily related to day to day events. Tarkovsky kept his diary until shortly before his death on December 29, 1986. The last entry was on December 15, 1986. His last words were ‘But now I have no strength left – that is the problem’.

After the 1991 coup several memos surfaced that alleged that the KGB had at times access to the diaries. Although Tarkovsky did not openly oppose the Soviet system, his work heavily emphasized spiritual themes, that were at conflict with the official anti-religious atheist ideology, prompting the KGB to open a file on him.” (Wikipedia)

First published in German, Verlag Ullstein, Frankfurt am Main/Berlin, 1989
Translated from the Russian by Kitty Hunter-Blair, 1991 (Russian original was not published until 2008)
Publisher Faber and Faber, London/Boston, 1994
ISBN 0571167179, 9780571167173
407 pages

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Akin Adesokan: Postcolonial Artists and Global Aesthetics (2011)

“What happens when social and political processes such as globalization shape cultural production? Drawing on a range of writers and filmmakers from Africa and elsewhere, Akin Adesokan explores the forces at work in the production and circulation of culture in a globalized world. He tackles problems such as artistic representation in the era of decolonization, the uneven development of aesthetics across the world, and the impact of location and commodity culture on genres, with a distinctive approach that exposes the global processes transforming cultural forms.”

Publisher Indiana University Press, 2011
African Expressive Cultures series
ISBN 0253356792, 9780253356796
230 pages

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