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(MEKAS, JONAS). Mekas, Jonas. New York: The MacMillan Company, 1972. First Edition. 8vo. Boards in Illustrated Jacket. Film Monograph. Fine/Fine. 434pp, no illustrations. "Movie Journal..." collects the best of Jonas Mekas' informative film criticism and analysis published in "The Village Voice"from 1959 through 1971. As a director, journalist, and founder of "Film Culture", New York's Film-Makers' Cooperative, the Filmmakers' Cinematheque, and Anthology Film Archives, the dynamic Mekas had as much influence on the course of American independent and experimental cinema during the sixties as any individual. A bright, most handsome example of the 1972 first MacMillan hardbound edition of this crucial document of the avant-garde cinema additionally bearing the BOLDLY SIGNED AND DATED PRESENTATION "For Robert - Jonas April 14, 1999 / (the day of Hermann Nitsch!)" vertically in blue ink to a colleague.across the front pastedown. LC 74--171569 Inventory Number: 026420