Appearing at charmingly irregular intervals between 1970 and 1987, the 13 volumes of Afterimage comprise an odd, heterodox entry in the history of the “theoretical turn” in film criticism. Less dogmatic than their French counterparts (both literal and spiritual), more playful than the heady severity often found in Artforum and October, this little magazine—it measured roughly 8” by 6”—brought together a promiscuous array of texts in general sympathy with a modernist sensibility that sought to reconcile the tension between the moment’s formal and political avant-gardes.
In practice, this meant a purview stretching from the dawn of the medium to its latest arrivals, all taken up with admirable curiosity and, for the most part, a lightly worn seriousness. Independently published and released in runs between 500 and 1,500 copies, the magazine…
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Cinema Scope (Digital) - 1 Issue, Issue 92- Fall 2022