Literary Nonfiction. Film Studies. Reference. Included are film scripts, shooting diagrams from Meshes of the Afternoon, Witch's Cradle, At Land, A Study in Choreography for Camera, and Ritual in Transfigured Time; articles on film-making; a facsimile of An Anagram of Ideas on Art Form and Film (her monograph on film theory); publicity materials; reviews; excerpts from lectures; stills from the films, photographs, and Interviews with friends and critics.

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