The Hinge of a Metaphor – exclusive pre-order | Piece of Paper Press & tonywhite.london

Late last year I was thrilled to be invited by editor Richard Skinner to contribute to a book he was planning, of essays by writers on cinema.

This was a timely invitation for me, because I had been looking for a way in to write about the Croatian film maker Ivan Martinac, whose work I first saw in the city of Split, Croatia, a few years ago, and found captivating.

Ivan Martinac, *MONOLOG O SPLITU*, (Kino-klub Split, 1961–62, B&W, 16mm, 7m 21s) – title sequence.

The Hinge of a Metaphor launches with an online event on 27 July 2023.

There was a cover reveal a couple of days ago. Here it is:

Here’s the blurb:

Victoria Best, David Collard, Dan Dalton, Andrew Gallix, Jonathan Gibbs, Susana Medina, Mathilde Merouani, Rachael de Moravia, Dan O’Brien, Christian Patracchini, Imogen Reid, Richard Skinner, Matthew Turner, Owen Vince, Tony White, Eley Williams

A unique collection of essays on the world of Cinema, its films, actors and directors, by a spectacular array of poets, playwrights, essayists, interdisciplinary writers, novelists and academics. Includes new, exclusive work on subjects as diverse as fairy tale animation and toxic parenting in Coraline, Hitchcock’s The Trouble with Harry, Panos Cosmatos’ Beyond the BlackRainbow, Olivier Assayas’ Après mai, Hal Hartley’s Amateur, Wim Wenders’ Wings of Desire, Felix van Groeningen’s The Broken Circle Breakdown, navigating neurodegeneration through Michel Gondry’s Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, Amadeus as both play & film, Nuri Bilge Ceylan’s Once Upon a Time in Anatolia, Psycho & hypnosis, Eisenstein’s ‘montage of attractions’, the idea of ‘home’ in Antonioni’s ThePassenger, the mirrors of Jean-Daniel Pollet, Croatian filmmaker Ivan Martinac, Peter Strickland’s Berberian Sound Studio.
From publisher Vanguard Editions