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Manny Farber, one of the most important critics in movie history, championed the American action film—the bravado of Howard Hawks, the <i>art brut </i>styling of Samuel Fuller, the crafty, sordid entertainments of Don Siegel—at a time when other critics dismissed the genre. His witty, incisive criticism later worked exacting language into an exploration of the feelings and strategies that went into low-budget and radical films as diverse as Michael Snow's <i>Wavelength,</i> Werner Herzog's <i>Fata Morgana</i>, and Chantal Akerman's <i>Jeanne Dielman.</i> Expanded with an in-depth interview and seven essays written with his wife, artist Patricia Patterson,<i> Negative Space </i>gathers Farber's most influential writings, making this an indispensable collection for all lovers of film.