{"product_id":"the-quay-brothers-into-a-metaphysical-playroom-paperback-softback-9780816646593","title":"The Quay Brothers; Into a Metaphysical Playroom (Paperback \/ softback) 9780816646593","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eThe Quay Brothers\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eInto a Metaphysical Playroom\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eSuzanne Buchan (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780816646593\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 7 March 2011\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e296 pages\u003cbr\u003e25.4 x 17.8 x 4.3 cm, 0.674 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Suzanne Buchan’s book offers a welcome introduction to the art of the Brothers Quay, with an emphasis on a detailed reading of their animated film, \u003ci\u003eStreet of Crocodiles\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003ci\u003eThe Quay Brothers\u003c\/i\u003e offers engaging descriptions and thought-provoking insights into the Quays’ art specifically and into the art of animation generally.\" -Thomas Lamarre, McGill University\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e \u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"To use the term Buchan cites from Joyce, this is a fascinating transluding of the Quays’ work into prose. Based on several years’ affectionate acquaintance with the pair, \u003ci\u003eThe Quay Brothers\u003c\/i\u003e is entertaining, often innovative, and highly evocative. A great book on the Quays and on the British scene since the 1970s, it also opens up new avenues for animation and film studies.\" -Sean Cubitt, University of Melbourne\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cdiv\u003eThis work is the first thorough analysis of the creative oeuvre of the Quay Brothers. Known for their animation shorts that rely on puppetry, miniatures, and stop-motion techniques, their fiercely idiosyncratic films are fertile fields for Suzanne Buchan's engaging descriptions and provocative insights into the Quays' art-and into the art of independent puppet animation.\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003eBuchan's aesthetic investigation stems from extensive access to the Quay Brothers' artistic practices and work, which spans animation and live-action film, stage design and illustration. She also draws on a long acquaintance with them and on interviews with collaborators essential to their productions, as well as archival sources. Discussions of their films' literary origins, space, puppets, montage, and the often-overlooked world of sound and music in animation shed new light on the expressive world that the Quay Brothers generate out of their materials to create the poetic alchemy of their films.\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003eAt once a biography of the Quays' artistic trajectory and a detailed examination of one of their best-known films, \u003ci\u003eStreet of Crocodiles\u003c\/i\u003e, this book goes further and provides interdisciplinary methodologies and tools for the analysis of animation.\u003c\/div\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cdiv\u003eContents\u003cbr\u003e Acknowledgments\u003cbr\u003e Introduction\u003cbr\u003e 1. Authentic Trappers in Metaphysical Playrooms\u003cbr\u003e 2. Palimpsests, Fragments, Vitalist Affinities\u003cbr\u003e 3. Traversing the Esophagus\u003cbr\u003e 4. Puppets and Metaphysical Machines\u003cbr\u003e 5. Negotiating the Labyrinth\u003cbr\u003e 6. The Secret Scenario of Soundscapes\u003cbr\u003e 7. The Animated Frame and Beyond\u003cbr\u003e 8. Animistic Architectures\u003cbr\u003e Notes\u003cbr\u003e Bibliography\u003cbr\u003e Works of the Quay Brothers\u003cbr\u003e Index\u003c\/div\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Univ Of Minnesota Press","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52656081895704,"sku":"9780816646593","price":19.69,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/the-quay-brothers-into-a-metaphysical-playroom-paperback-softback-9780816646593","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}