{"product_id":"arrows-of-desire-paperback-by-peter-wollen","title":"Arrows of Desire Paperback by Peter Wollen","description":"\u003cbody\u003e\n                \n                    \n                        \u003ch2\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eProduct Details\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/h2\u003e\n                        \u003cul\u003e\n                            \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublisher\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003cb\u003eVerso\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003e(2026-10-20)\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n                            \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eLanguage\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003cstrong\u003eEnglish\u003c\/strong\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n                            \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePaperback\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003cstrong\u003e368\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cb\u003epages\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n                            \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eISBN-13\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003cstrong\u003e9781836741176\u003c\/strong\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n                            \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eItem Weight\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003cstrong\u003e425.25\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cb\u003egrams\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n                            \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003cstrong\u003e23.11 x 15.37 x 2.46\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cb\u003ecm\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n                        \u003c\/ul\u003e\n                        \u003cbr\u003e\n                        \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA new anthology of uncollected writings by Peter Wollen, cultural critic, avant-garde filmmaker and curator of paradigm-shifting exhibitions.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis collection, the first of three new volumes, brings together unpublished and inaccessible writings on counter-cinema, anti-imperialist politics and revolutionary Mexican art. Playful, theoretically rigorous and historically precise, Peter Wollen’s writing reinvented criticism as a formally experimental practice indexing the intellectual, political and artistic histories of the twentieth century.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eArrows of Desire\u003c\/i\u003e presents texts on Eisenstein and Godard alongside essays and interviews tracing developments in film and video from the 1970s to the 1990s. It tracks the political energies running through Wollen’s filmmaking and writing on global politics and culture in relation to Iran, Indonesia, Palestine, Aden and Zanzibar. Wollen’s rereading of the avant-garde extends into expansive projects linking Mexican muralism, Native American abstraction and US abstract expressionism. These essays and proposals demonstrate his commitment to contesting the dominant histories and geographies of modernism and modernity.\u003c\/p\u003e\n                        \u003ch3\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n                        \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePeter Wollen\u003c\/b\u003e (1938-2019) was a cultural critic, film theorist, curator and avant-garde filmmaker. His books include \u003ci\u003eSigns and Meaning in the Cinema\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eRaiding the Icebox\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eReadings and Writings\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eSingin’ in the Rain\u003c\/i\u003e. He co-wrote the screenplay for Antonioni’s \u003ci\u003eThe Passenger\u003c\/i\u003e, and subsequently made six films in collaboration with Laura Mulvey, including \u003ci\u003eRiddles of the Sphinx\u003c\/i\u003e. His final film was a solo project, \u003ci\u003eFriendship’s Death\u003c\/i\u003e, starring Tilda Swinton.\u003c\/p\u003e\n                    \n                \n            \u003c\/body\u003e","brand":"Best Bookstore","offers":[{"title":"New","offer_id":48151368073377,"sku":"BBSNIJ9781836741176","price":38.9,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0525\/2084\/5473\/files\/9781836741176.jpg?v=1792483922","url":"https:\/\/www.bestbookstore.ca\/products\/arrows-of-desire-paperback-by-peter-wollen","provider":"Best Book Store","version":"1.0","type":"link"}