15511. ALLEGORIES OF THE CINEMA (DAVID E. JAMES). Critical review of book on American avant-garde film of the 1960's, which argues that such films were a reaction to the stereotypes of mainstream Hollywood films. The author is criticized for his overuse of a Marxist perspective, which limits his analysis and enables him to provide only one way of interpreting the meaning of the 1960's "alternative cinema." 5 pages, 11 footnotes, 1 bibliographic source.