Out of the past: James Irwin interviewed by Scott Stark (1986)

<p>The following interview took place in my apartment on Fell Street in the&nbsp;<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hayes_Valley,_San_Francisco" rel="noopener ugc nofollow" target="_blank">Hayes Valley</a>&nbsp;section of San Francisco during the spring of 1986. It was published in volume two of the film journal&nbsp;<em>Cinematograph</em>&nbsp;later that year. It was part of a special collection of interviews with practicing independent filmmakers on both the west and east coasts. The interviews provide not only a snapshot of the lives of the artists, but taken together they also capture a moment in the history of American independent and avant-garde film as an art practice.</p> <p>&ldquo;The intention was to focus not so much on analysis of the filmmakers&rsquo; individual works,&rdquo; wrote the filmmaker&nbsp;<a href="http://www.scottstark.com/" rel="noopener ugc nofollow" target="_blank">Scott Stark</a>&nbsp;in the introduction to the San Francisco section, &ldquo;but rather on how the filmmakers themselves were continuing to work and survive in 1986. Central questions included how they locate themselves within the avant-garde tradition, how they manage to support and promote their work given the current financial climate, and how the work functions in relation to American culture at large.&rdquo;</p> <p><a href="https://medium.com/@james.irwin/out-of-the-past-james-irwin-interviewed-by-scott-stark-1986-5d5a71a941af"><strong>Website</strong></a></p>
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