Chapters in this book

1. Front Matter i
2. contents v
3. Acknowledgments ix
4. Canadian Cinema, Ephemeral Cinema 3
5. Early Quebec Actualities and the Ephemeral Meaning of Moving Images in the Transitional Era 14
6. Canada’s Lost Frontier Epic 22
7. Uncovering Canada’s Amateur Film Tradition 39
8. “Mental Prophylaxis” 59
9. A Thrill Every Minute! 73
10. “Versions, Revisions, and Adaptations” 94
11. Breaking New Ground 112
12. Unfinished Films and Posthumous Cinema 137
13. Tiger Child 159
14. Ephemeral Godard 184
15. Out Here 196
16. Against Ephemerality 210
17. Seeing Then, Hearing Now 232
18. Preserving Ephemeral Aboriginal Films and Videos 256
19. Preserving/Burning 273
20. Films Collecting Dust and Dusty Film Collages 284
21. Sampling Heritage 312
22. Memory, Magnetic Tape, and Death by Popcorn: The Tragedy of the Winnipeg Jets 326
23. Illustrations 351
24. Bibliography 359
25. Contributors 377
26. Index 381