Bert, You might also look into two books by P. Adams Sitney (though only the first deals with American cinema exclusively, I think): _Visionary film: the American avant-garde, 1943-1978_ (Oxford Univ. Press, ISBN 0-19-502486-9) (as editor) _The avant-garde film: a reader of theory & criticism_ (Anthology Film Archives, ISBN 0-911689-08-7) Hope this helps! Jeff Clark James Madison University bitnet: fac_jclark@jmuvax1 internet: [log in to unmask]