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P. Adams Sitney (1944-2025) Scholar. P. Adams Sitney was born in New Haven, Connecticut, and died in Matunuck, Rhode Island.

Full Name

Paul Adams Sitney

Locations

New York

Author's Timeline

1944

Birth

Paul Adams Sitney was born in New Haven, Connecticut, on August 9, 1944.

1970

Other Life Event

New York County: Mr. Sitney was a co-founder of Anthology Film Archives in 1970.

1974

Literary Work

Visionary Film: The American Avant-Garde
Oxford University Press
0195017617 / 978-0195017618
Nonfiction.

1978

Literary Work

Avant-Garde Film: A Reader of Theory and Criticism
Anthology Film Archives
0911689087 / 978-0911689082
Nonfiction edited by Mr. Sitney.

1990

Literary Work

Modernist Montage: The Obscurity of Vision in Cinema and Literature
Columbia University Press
0231071825 / 978-0231071826
Nonfiction.

1995

Literary Work

Vital Crises in Italian Cinema: Iconography, Stylistics, Politics
University of Texas Press
029277687X / 978-0292776876
Nonfiction.

2008

Literary Work

Eyes Upside Down: Visionary Filmmakers and the Heritage of Emerson
Oxford University Press
019533115X / 978-0195331158
Nonfiction.

2025

Death

P. Adams Sitney died at his home in Matunuck, Rhode Island, on June 8, 2025.

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