{"product_id":"if-films-could-smell-9781885030214","title":"If Films Could Smell","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eCapturing the 1990s independent film scene and art world through a collection of interviews and writings by Roddy Bogawa along with photographs and other artifacts from his archive\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eIf Films Could Smell\u003c\/i\u003e is at once an assemblage of interviews and writings by Roddy Bogawa (born 1962) from his nearly 30 years as a filmmaker and artist, and a time capsule of the independent film scene and art world of the 1990s as told through artifacts, diary entries, letters, emails, photographs, script notes and assorted bric-a-brac from Bogawa's archives. As with many of Bogawa's films, it's a collage that doesn't try to hide its seams, a jumble of ideas both realized and unrealized, an exploded diagram and a manifesto. The title conveys his interests in personal and cultural memory, and how these intersect with one's identity. Bogawa's work has been variously described as \"experimental,\" \"Asian American\" and \"independent cinema.\" This volume lays out these labels and dissects them, sometimes humorously. Straddling genres, \u003ci\u003eIf Films Could Smell\u003c\/i\u003e is a document of possibility and provocation.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Kaya Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/02\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781885030214\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 112","brand":"Roddy Bogawa","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52452249043125,"sku":"9781885030214","price":19.51,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/files\/img_581f6643-8f72-457b-b992-9415d5368a00.jpg?v=1776826396","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/if-films-could-smell-9781885030214","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}