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Cinema verite in America : studies in uncontrolled documentary / written by Stephen Mamber Cambridge, Mass.: MIT Press, [1974].
Call No: 761.2(73) MAMAuthor: Mamber, Stephen Place: Cambridge, Mass.Publisher: MIT PressPubDate: [1974]PhysDes: vi, 288 p. : ill. ; 23 cmSubject: CINEMA VERITE ; CINEMA-DIRECT ; BRANDO, MARLON ; DREW, ROBERT ; LEACOCK, RICHARD ; MAYSLES, ALBERT & DAVID ; PENNEBAKER, D. A. ; WISEMAN, FREDERICK ; FLAHERTY, ROBERT ; FONDA, JANE ; VERTOV, DZIGA ; ZAVATTINI, CESARE ; ROUQUIER, GEORGES ; RENOIR, JEAN ; KRACAUER, SIEGFRIED ; CRISIS (US, James Lipscomb, Hope Ryden, Richard Leacock and D.A. Pennebaker, 1963) ; DON'T LOOK BACK (US, D.A. Pennebaker, 1967) ; HAPPY MOTHER'S DAY, A (US, Joyce Chopra/Richard Leacock, 1963) ; HIGH SCHOOL (US, Frederick Wiseman, 1969) ; JANE (US, D.A. Pennebaker, 1962) ; MEET MARLON BRANDO (US, Albert Maysles & David Maysles, 1966) ; SALESMAN (US, David Maysles & Albert Maysles & Charlotte Zwerin, 1969) Summary: A study of the Cinema verite approach to film making, primarily made up of examinations of particular films. "The relationship between camera and subject, problems of structure, and distinctive characteristics of each filmmaker's approach are also discussed.Notes: Bibliography: p. [276]-283ISBN: 0262130920LON: 508990Contents: Cinema verite: definitions and background -- Drew Associates -- Direct cinema and crisis structure -- The Maysles brothers -- D. A. Pennebaker -- Richard Leacock -- Frederick Wiseman -- Conclusion
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Cinema verite in America : studies in uncontrolled documentary / Stephen Mamber Cambridge, MA: MIT Press, c1974.
Call No: 761.2(73) MAM COPY 2Author: Mamber, Stephen Source: UKPlace: Cambridge, MAPublisher: MIT PressPubDate: c1974PhysDes: vi, 288 p. : ill. ; 24 cmSubject: CINEMA VERITE ; CINEMA-DIRECT ; BRANDO, MARLON ; FONDA, JANE ; DREW, ROBERT ; LEACOCK, RICHARD ; MAYSLES, ALBERT & DAVID ; PENNEBAKER, D. A. ; WISEMAN, FREDERICK ; FLAHERTY, ROBERT ; VERTOV, DZIGA ; ZAVATTINI, CESARE ; ROUQUIER, GEORGES ; RENOIR, JEAN ; KRACAUER, SIEGFRIED ; CRISIS (US, James Lipscomb, Hope Ryden, Richard Leacock and D.A. Pennebaker, 1963) ; DON'T LOOK BACK (US, D.A. Pennebaker, 1967) ; HAPPY MOTHER'S DAY, A (US, Joyce Chopra/Richard Leacock, 1963) ; HIGH SCHOOL (US, Frederick Wiseman, 1969) ; JANE (US, D.A. Pennebaker, 1962) ; MEET MARLON BRANDO (US, Albert Maysles & David Maysles, 1966) ; SALESMAN (US, David Maysles & Albert Maysles & Charlotte Zwerin, 1969) Summary: A study of the Cinema verite approach to film making, primarily made up of examinations of particular films. "The relationship between camera and subject, problems of structure, and distinctive characteristics of each filmmaker's approach are also discussed.Notes: Bibliography: p. [276]-283ISBN: 0262130920Donation: donated by the family of Wayne Levy, 2006
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Claiming the real : the Griersonian documentary and its legitimations / Brian Winston London: British Film Institute, 1995.
Call No: 761 WINAuthor: Winston, Brian CorpAuthor: British Film InstitutePlace: LondonPublisher: British Film InstitutePubDate: 1995PhysDes: 301 p. ; 24 cmSubject: DOCUMENTARIES ; ETHICS AND THE CINEMA ; REALISM IN FILMS ; THEORY ; CINEMA VERITE ; CINEMA-DIRECT ; GRIERSON, JOHN ; WISEMAN, FREDERICK ; RIEFENSTAHL, LENI Summary: "Recent technological developments in the field of image manipulation mea that the 'evidence' of the photograph is no longer incontrovertible. The camera, it seems, can lie. Alterations may noe be made to still or moving images which materially change their meaning yet which are undetectable.
What does this do to the status of the documentary film? In this informed and lively book Brian Winston rewrites the history of the documentary to take account of technological change. He subjects the great figures of the past - Grierson, Flaherty, Dziga-Verov - to a searcing critique, and examines both the principles and practice of the major movements of documentary, such as cinema verite. He offers his own definition of the essential difference between fiction film and documentary, and identifies the fundamentally ethical basis of any film practice which attempts to capture the 'truth'" -- Taken from the back cover.Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 277-294) and indexISBN: 0851704638 (cased); 0851704646 (pbk)LON: 11552015URL status: URL: 'http://-'
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Crafting truth : documentary form and meaning / by Louise Spence and Vinicius Navarro New Brunswick, NJ: Rutgers University Press, c2011.
Call No: 761 SPEAuthor: Spence, Louise ; Navarro, Vinicius Source: US/UKPlace: New Brunswick, NJPublisher: Rutgers University PressPubDate: c2011PhysDes: x, 281 p. : ill. ; 26 cmSubject: AESTHETICS ; AUTHORSHIP ; BIOGRAPHICAL FILMS ; CINEMATOGRAPHY ; COMMENTARY ; CONSTRUCTIVISM ; CONTINUITY ; CINEMA-DIRECT ; DOCUMENTARIES ; DOCUMENTARY FILMS ; EDITING ; ETHNOGRAPHIC FILMS ; HISTORY AND THE CINEMA ; INTERVIEWING ; INTERVIEWS IN FILMS ; LIGHTING ; LOCATION SHOOTING ; MEMORY IN FILMS ; MUSIC IN FILMS ; NARRATIVE IN FILMS ; NON-FICTION FILMS ; PALESTINE ; PHOTOGRAPHY AND THE CINEMA ; REALISM IN FILMS ; SOUND ; SOUND EQUIPMENT ; THEORY ; TRUTH IN FILMS ; VOICE OVER ; WORLD WAR II AND THE CINEMA ; AFRIQUE, JE TE PLUMERAI (CM/FR/G, Jean-Marie Téno, 1992) ; BERLIN DIE SINFONIE DER GROSSTADT (G, Walter Ruttman, 1927) ; CHRONIQUE D' UN ETE (FR, Jean Rouch/Edgar Morin, 1961) ; CHRONICLE OF A SUMMER (FR, Jean Rouch & Edgar Morin, 1961) ; GOKUSHITEKI EROSU: RENKA 1974 (JA, Kazuo Hara, 1974) ; FAR FROM POLAND (US, Jill Godmilow, 1984) ; HALVING THE BONES (US, Ruth Ozeki Lounsbury, 1995) ; HANDSWORTH SONGS (UK, John Akomfrah, 1986) ; HEARTS AND MINDS (US, Peter Davis, 1974) ; JOYCE AT 34 (US, Joyce Chopra, 1972) ; LESSONS OF DARKNESS (GG, Werner Herzog, 1992) ; LEKTIONEN IN FINSTERNIS (GG, Werner Herzog, 1992) ; LIFE AND TIMES OF ROSIE THE RIVETER, THE (US, Connie Field, 1980) ; NANOOK OF THE NORTH (US, Robert Flaherty, 1922) ; NEKAM ACHAT MISHTEY EYNAY (FR/IS, Avi Mograbi, 2005) ; NIGHT MAIL (UK, Basil Wright & Harry Watt, 1936) ; PRELUDE TO WAR (US, Frank Capra & Anatole Litvak, 1942) ; SANS SOLEIL (FR, Chris Marker, 1983) ; SHOAH (FR/SZ, Claude Lanzmann, 1985) ; TIES THAT BIND, THE (US, Su Friedrich, 1984) ; TITICUT FOLLIES (US, Frederick Wiseman, 1967) ; WAR GAME, THE (UK, Peter Watkins, 1966) Summary: "Although nonfiction film may have captured imaginations, many viewers enter and leave theaters with a naive concept of "reality"- for them, documentaries are sources of information. But is truth or reality readily available, easily acquired, or undisputed? Or do documentaries convey illusions of reality? What aesthetic means are used to build these illusions?
Crafting truth illuminates the way these films tell their stories; how they use the camera, editing, sound, and performance; what rhetorical devices they employ; and what the theoretical, practical, and ethical implications of those choices are. Complex documentary concepts are presented through easily accessible language, images, and a discussion of a wide range of films and videos to encourage new ways of thinking about and seeing nonfiction cinema. " -- BOOK BLURBISBN: 9780813549033Contents: -- acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Authenticity -- Evidence -- Authority --
Responsibility -- Argument -- Dramatic stories, poetic and essay documentaries --
Editing -- Camerawork -- The profilmic -- Sounds / coauthored with Carl Lewis --index --ID2: 90
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D. A. Pennebaker / by Keith Beattie Urbana: University of Illinois Press, c2011.
Call No: 81PEN BEAAuthor: Beattie, Keith Source: USPlace: UrbanaPublisher: University of Illinois PressPubDate: c2011PhysDes: 176 p. : ill. ; 21 cmSeries: Contemporary film directorsSubject: CINEMA-DIRECT ; DOCUMENTARIES ; PENNEBAKER, D. A. ; DAYBREAK EXPRESS ; PRIMARY (US, Richard Leacock, Terry Macartney-Filgate, Albert Maysles and D.A. Pennebaker, 1961) ; DONT LOOK BACK (US, D.A. Pennebaker, 1967) ; MONTEREY POP (US, D. A. Pennebaker, 1968) Summary: "This volume is the first book-length study of the extensive career and prolific works of D.A. Pennebaker, one of the pioneers of direct cinema, a documentary form that empahasizes observation and a straightforward portrayal of events. With a career spanning decades, Pennebaker's many projects have included avant-garde experiments (Daybreak Express), ground-breaking television documentaries (Primary), celebrity films (Dont Look Back), concert films (Monterey Pop), and innovative fusions of documentary and fiction (Maidstone). Exploring the concept of 'performing the real,' Keith Beattie's insightful analysis interprets Pennebaker's films as performances in which the act of filming is in itself a performative transgression of the norms of purely observational documentary. He examines the ways in which Pennebaker's presentation of unscripted everyday performances is informed by connections between documentary filmmaking and other experimental movements such as the New American Cinema. Through his collaborations with such various artists as Richard Leacock, Shirley Clarke, Norman Mailer, and Jean-Luc Godard, Pennebaker has continually reworked and redefined the forms of documentary filmmaking. This book also includes a recent interview with the director and a full filmography" -- BOOK BLURBNotes: Includes bibliographical references (p.163-169) and indexISBN: 9780252078293Contents: -- acknowledgements -- performing the real -- concert film -- collaborative filmmaking -- portraiture -- rehearsal -- interview with D.A. Pennebaker -- filmography -- bibliography -- index --
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Documentary : a history of the non-fiction film / Erik Barnouw New York: Oxford University Press, 1974.
Call No: 761 BARAuthor: Barnouw, Erik, 1908 Source: USPlace: New YorkPublisher: Oxford University PressPubDate: 1974PhysDes: vi, 332 p. : ill. ; 24 cmSubject: DOCUMENTARY FILMS ; FASCISM AND THE CINEMA ; DOCUMENTARY FILMS. JAPAN ; DOCUMENTARY FILMS. UK ; OLYMPICS IN FILMS ; ART AND THE CINEMA ; ARCHIVES & INSTITUTES, FILM ; NUCLEAR ISSUES IN FILMS ; COMPILATION FILMS ; DOCUMENTARY FILMS. US ; DOCUMENTARY FILMS. USSR ; VIETNAM WAR IN FILMS ; CINEMA-DIRECT ; CINEMA VERITE ; NAZIS IN FILMS ; NEWSREELS ; POETRY AND THE CINEMA ; DOCUMENTARY FILMS. FRANCE ; PARAMOUNT STUDIOS ; WORLD WAR II FILMS ; SHELL FILM UNIT [AUSTRALIA] ; EMPIRE MARKETING BOARD ; GPO FILM UNIT ; BRITISH BROADCASTING CORPORATION ; COLUMBIA BROADCASTING SYSTEM ; REISZ, KAREL ; RIEFENSTAHL, LENI ; ROUCH, JEAN ; RUTTMAN, WALTER ; FLAHERTY, ROBERT ; CAPRA, FRANK ; GRIERSON, JOHN ; IVENS, JORIS ; JENNINGS, HUMPHREY ; KAUFMAN, MIKHAIL ; LEACOCK, RICHARD ; LORENTZ, PARE ; MAYSLES, ALBERT & DAVID ; MURROW, EDWARD R. ; LUMIERE, AUGUSTE & LOUIS ; VERTOV, DZIGA ; WRIGHT, BASIL ; SUCKSDORFF, ARNE ; MOANA (US, Robert Flaherty, 1926) ; CELOVEK S KINOAPPARATOM (UR, Dziga Vertov, 1929) ; BACK OF BEYOND, THE (AT, John Heyer, 1953) ; AMERICAN DREAM (US, Barbara Kopple, 1990) ; NANOOK OF THE NORTH (US, Robert Flaherty, 1922) ; NIGHT MAIL (UK, Basil Wright & Harry Watt, 1936) ; PLOW THAT BROKE THE PLAINS, THE (US, Pare Lorentz, 1936) ; SALESMAN (US, David Maysles & Albert Maysles & Charlotte Zwerin, 1969) ; SONG OF CEYLON, THE (UK, Basil Wright, 1934) ; TRIUMPH DES WILLENS (G, Leni Riefenstahl, 1935) ; WHY WE FIGHT SERIES (US, 1942-44) Summary: Barnouw traces the documentary from its beginning at the dawn of film history - the work of the Lumiere brothers - to the remarkable group of films that have portrayed the Vietnam war. Films are placed within their broader social perspective, and Barnouw traces filmmaking developments in a single country to global uptake. Particular emphasis is placed on the influence of governments and large corporations on the content of films. The book covers television documentary, direct cinema, cinema verite as well as film-makers dealing with exploration, animals, aspects of war, human behaviour, social problems and propaganda. Such diverse film-makers as Flaherty, Vertov, Grierson, Ivens, Lorentz, Jennings, Sucksdorff, Rouch, Leacock, and the Maysles are included.Notes: Includes index; Bibliography: p. [297]-311ISBN: 0195018354 : $10.95LON: 74079618; 462942
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Documentary : a history of the non-fiction film / Erik Barnouw New York: Oxford University Press, 1993.
Call No: 761 BARAuthor: Barnouw, Erik, 1908 Edition: 2nd rev. edPlace: New YorkPublisher: Oxford University PressPubDate: 1993PhysDes: 400 p. : ill. ; 21 cmSubject: DOCUMENTARY FILMS ; ARCHIVES & INSTITUTES, FILM ; NUCLEAR ISSUES IN FILMS ; CINEMA VERITE ; COMPILATION FILMS ; DOCUMENTARY FILMS. USSR ; DOCUMENTARY FILMS. USA ; VIETNAM WAR IN FILMS ; CINEMA-DIRECT ; NAZIS IN FILMS ; NEWSREELS ; POETRY AND THE CINEMA ; DOCUMENTARY FILMS. FRANCE ; FASCISM AND THE CINEMA ; DOCUMENTARY FILMS. JAPAN ; DOCUMENTARY FILMS. UK ; OLYMPICS IN FILMS ; ART AND THE CINEMA ; PARAMOUNT STUDIOS ; WORLD WAR II FILMS ; SHELL FILM UNIT [AUSTRALIA] ; EMPIRE MARKETING BOARD ; GPO FILM UNIT ; BRITISH BROADCASTING CORPORATION ; COLUMBIA BROADCASTING SYSTEM ; REISZ, KAREL ; RIEFENSTAHL, LENI ; ROUCH, JEAN ; RUTTMAN, WALTER ; FLAHERTY, ROBERT ; CAPRA, FRANK ; Grierson, John ; IVENS, JORIS ; JENNINGS, HUMPHREY ; KAUFMAN, MIKHAIL ; LEACOCK, RICHARD ; LORENTZ, PARE ; MAYSLES, ALBERT & DAVID ; MURROW, EDWARD R. ; LUMIERE, AUGUSTE & LOUIS ; VERTOV, DZIGA ; WRIGHT, BASIL ; SUCKSDORFF, ARNE ; MOANA (US, Robert Flaherty, 1926) ; CELOVEK S KINOAPPARATOM (UR, Dziga Vertov, 1929) ; BACK OF BEYOND, THE (AT, John Heyer, 1953) ; AMERICAN DREAM (US, Barbara Kopple, 1990) ; NANOOK OF THE NORTH (US, Robert Flaherty, 1922) ; NIGHT MAIL (UK, Basil Wright & Harry Watt, 1936) ; PLOW THAT BROKE THE PLAINS, THE (US, Pare Lorentz, 1936) ; SALESMAN (US, David Maysles & Albert Maysles & Charlotte Zwerin, 1969) ; SONG OF CEYLON (UK, Basil Wright, 1934) ; TRIUMPH DES WILLENS (G, Leni Riefenstahl, 1935) ; WHY WE FIGHT SERIES (US, 1942-44) Summary: This is the second revised edition of Documentary: A History of the Non-fiction Film. Barnouw traces the documentary from its beginning at the dawn of film history - the work of the Lumiere brothers - to the remarkable group of films that have portrayed the Vietnam war. Films are placed within their broader social perspective, and Barnouw traces filmmaking developments in a single country to global uptake. Particular emphasis is placed on the influence of governments and large corporations on the content of films. The book covers television documentary, direct cinema, cinema verite as well as film-makers dealing with exploration, animals, aspects of war, human behaviour, social problems and propaganda. Such diverse film-makers as Flaherty, Vertov, Grierson, Ivens, Lorentz, Jennings, Sucksdorff, Rouch, Leacock, and the Maysles are included.Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [361]-375) and indexISBN: 0195078985 (pbk. : acid-free paper) : $10.95LON: 9430204
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Documentary : a history of the non-fiction film / written by Eric Barnouw New York: Oxford University Press, 1974.
Call No: 761 BARAuthor: Barnouw, Eric Source: USPlace: New YorkPublisher: Oxford University PressPubDate: 1974PhysDes: 332 p. ; 24 cmSubject: DOCUMENTARY FILMS ; ARCHIVES & INSTITUTES, FILM ; NUCLEAR ISSUES IN FILMS ; CINEMA VERITE ; COMPILATION FILMS ; DOCUMENTARY FILMS. USSR ; DOCUMENTARY FILMS. USA ; VIETNAM WAR IN FILMS ; CINEMA-DIRECT ; NAZIS IN FILMS ; NEWSREELS ; POETRY AND THE CINEMA ; DOCUMENTARY FILMS. FRANCE ; FASCISM AND THE CINEMA ; DOCUMENTARY FILMS. JAPAN ; DOCUMENTARY FILMS. UK ; OLYMPICS IN FILMS ; ART AND THE CINEMA ; PARAMOUNT STUDIOS ; WORLD WAR II FILMS ; SHELL FILM UNIT [AUSTRALIA] ; EMPIRE MARKETING BOARD ; GPO FILM UNIT ; BRITISH BROADCASTING CORPORATION ; COLUMBIA BROADCASTING SYSTEM ; REISZ, KAREL ; RIEFENSTAHL, LENI ; ROUCH, JEAN ; RUTTMAN, WALTER ; FLAHERTY, ROBERT ; CAPRA, FRANK ; Grierson, John ; IVENS, JORIS ; JENNINGS, HUMPHREY ; KAUFMAN, MIKHAIL ; LEACOCK, RICHARD ; LORENTZ, PARE ; MAYSLES, ALBERT & DAVID ; MURROW, EDWARD R. ; LUMIERE, AUGUSTE & LOUIS ; VERTOV, DZIGA ; WRIGHT, BASIL ; SUCKSDORFF, ARNE ; MOANA (US, Robert Flaherty, 1926) ; CELOVEK S KINOAPPARATOM (UR, Dziga Vertov, 1929) ; BACK OF BEYOND, THE (AT, John Heyer, 1953) ; AMERICAN DREAM (US, Barbara Kopple, 1990) ; NANOOK OF THE NORTH (US, Robert Flaherty, 1922) ; NIGHT MAIL (UK, Basil Wright & Harry Watt, 1936) ; PLOW THAT BROKE THE PLAINS, THE (US, Pare Lorentz, 1936) ; SALESMAN (US, David Maysles & Albert Maysles & Charlotte Zwerin, 1969) ; SONG OF CEYLON, THE (UK, Basil Wright, 1934) ; TRIUMPH DES WILLENS (G, Leni Riefenstahl, 1935) ; WHY WE FIGHT SERIES (US, 1942-44) Summary: Barnouw traces the documentary from its beginning at the dawn of film history - the work of the Lumiere brothers - to the remarkable group of films that have portrayed the Vietnam war. Films are placed within their broader social perspective, and Barnouw traces filmmaking developments in a single country to global uptake. Particular emphasis is placed on the influence of governments and large corporations on the content of films. The book covers television documentary, direct cinema, cinema verite as well as film-makers dealing with exploration, animals, aspects of war, human behaviour, social problems and propaganda. Such diverse film-makers as Flaherty, Vertov, Grierson, Ivens, Lorentz, Jennings, Sucksdorff, Rouch, Leacock, and the Maysles are included.ISBN: 0195018354Donation: donated by the family of Wayne Levy, 2006Contents: -- 1: glimpse of wonders -- 2: images at work -- 3: sound and fury -- 4: clouded lens -- sharp focus -- afterword -- source notes -- bibliography -- index --
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Documentary display : re-viewing nonfiction film and videos / Keith Beattie London: Wallflower, 2008.
Call No: 761 BEAAuthor: Beattie, Keith Place: LondonPublisher: WallflowerPubDate: 2008PhysDes: xiv, 187 p. ; 24 cmSubject: DOCUMENTARY FILMS ; CINEMA-DIRECT ; COMPILATION FILMS ; IMAX ; MONTAGE ; NON-FICTION FILMS ; BUNUEL, LUIS ; GRIERSON, JOHN ; MAYSLES, ALBERT & DAVID ; PENNEBAKER, D. A. ; VERTOV, DZIGA ; VIGO, JEAN ; DONT LOOK BACK (US, D.A. Pennebaker, 1967) Summary: "Not all documentary films and videos are sober depictions of the real world. Documentary representations can present expressive, entertaining and spectacular images. This book examines such innovative approaches as they occur within the process of 'documentary display' - a practice which emphasises the visual attractions of documentary representation. Works of documentary display explore modes of exhibitionistic 'showing' in which sensation is frequently the vehicle of cognition and knowledge. Such a display is analysed within the popular and prominent forms of found-footage film, 'rockumentary', the city film, nonfiction surf film and video, and certain views of natural science topics. This accessible and informed study - with its focus on entertaining, popular, spectacular and sensational froms of nonfiction representation - makes an important contribution to theoretical analyses of documentary film and video."--BOOK JACKETNotes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 155-181) and index.ISBN: 9781905674725 (pbk)Contents: Introduction -- 1. Show and tell: revealing documentary display -- 2. The corporeal and the urban: from city symphony to global city film -- 3. Direct cinema and performance: it's not only rock and roll -- 4. Found-footage film and history: seeing double -- 5. Nonfiction surf film and video: sick, filthy and delirious -- 6. Natural science film: from microcinema to IMAX -- Afterward
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The documentary film book / edited by Brian Winston London: Palgrave Macmillan, 2013.
Call No: 761 DOCAuthor: Winston, Brian CorpAuthor: British Film InstituteSource: UKPlace: LondonPublisher: Palgrave MacmillanPubDate: 2013PhysDes: 416 pages ; 25 cmSubject: AFRICA ; ART CINEMA ; ANTHROPOLOGY AND THE CINEMA ; BLACK CINEMA ; BRAZIL ; CINEMA-DIRECT ; CINEMA VERITE ; DOCUMENTARIES ; DOCUMENTARY FILMS ; DOCUMENTARY DRAMAS ; ETHICS AND THE CINEMA ; ETHNOGRAPHIC FILMS ; HISTORY ON TV ; HOMOSEXUALITY AND THE CINEMA ; ISRAEL ; INTERNET AND THE CINEMA ; LATIN AMERICAN COUNTRIES ; PALESTINE ; POLITICAL FILMS ; RACE AND THE CINEMA ; REVOLUTIONARY THEMES IN FILMS ; MOVEMENTS IN FILM HISTORY ; REALITY TV ; GRIERSON, JOHN ; MOORE, MICHAEL ; VERTOV, DZIGA ; AFRICA RISING (US, Paula Heredia, 2009) ; AILEEN: LIFE AND DEATH OF A SERIAL KILLER (UK, Nick Bloomfield & Joan Churchill, 2003) ; CHRONIQUE D' UN ETE (FR, Jean Rouch/Edgar Morin, 1961) ; CELOVEK S KINOAPPARATOM (UR, Dziga Vertov, 1929) ; MAN WITH A MOVIE CAMERA (UR, Dziga Vertov, 1929) ; NANOOK OF THE NORTH (US, Robert Flaherty, 1922) Summary: Powerfully posing questions of ethics, ideology, authorship and form, documentary film has never been more popular than it is today. Edited by one of the leading British authorities in the field, The Documentary Film Book is an essential guide to current thinking on documentary film.
In a series of fascinating essays, key international experts discuss the theory of documentary, outline current understandings of its history (from pre-Flaherty to the post-Griersonian world of digital 'i-Docs'), survey documentary production (from Africa to Europe, and from the Americas to Asia), consider documentaries by marginalised minority communities, and assess its contribution to other disciplines and arts. Brought together here in one volume, these scholars offer compelling evidence as to why, over the last few decades, documentary has come to the centre of screen studies. -- BOOK BLURBISBN: 9781844573417Contents: Acknowledgments -- Notes on Contributors -- Foreword: Why Documentaries Matter -- Introduction: The Filmed Documentary --; PART I: DOCUMENTARY VALUES -- The Question of Evidence, the Power of Rhetoric and Documentary Film: Bill Nichols -- 'I'll Believe It When I Trust the Source': Documentary Images and Visual Evidence: Carl Plantinga -- 'The Performance Documentary': The Performing Film-Maker, the Acting Subject: Stella Bruzzi -- On Truth, Objectivity and Partisanship: The Case of Michael Moore: Douglas Kellner -- CGI and the End of Photography as Evidence: Taylor Downing -- Drawn From Life: The Animated Documentary: Andy Glynne -- Dramadoc? Docudrama? The Limits and Protocols of a Televisual Form: Derek Paget -- Ambiguous Audiences: Annette Hill -- Life As Narrativised: Brian Winston -- The Dance of Documentary Ethics: Pratap Rughani -- Deaths, Transfigurations and the Future: John Corner --; PART II: DOCUMENTARY PARADIGMS -- Problems in Historiography: The Documentary Tradition Before Nanook of the North: Charles Musser -- John Grierson and the Documentary Film Movement: Ian Aitken -- Challenges For Change: Canada's National Film Board: Thomas Waugh and Ezra Winton -- Grierson's Legacies: Australia and New Zealand: Deane Williams -- New Deal Documentary and the North Atlantic Welfare State: Zoe Druick and Jonathan Kahana -- The Triumph of Observationalism: Direct Cinema in the USA: Dave Saunders -- Russian and Soviet Documentary: From Vertov to Sokurov: Ian Christie -- The Radical Tradition in Documentary Film-making, 1920s–50s: Bert Hogenkamp -- Le Groupe des trente: The Poetic Tradition: Elena Von Kassel Siambani -- Cinéma Vérité: Vertov Revisited: Genevieve Van Cauwenberge -- Beyond Sobriety: Documentary Diversions: Craig Hight --; PART III: DOCUMENTARY HORIZONS -- Eastwards: Abe Mark Nornes -- Africa N.: Frank Ukadike -- Images From the South: Contemporary Documentary in Argentina and Brazil: Ana Amado and Maria Dora Mourao -- 'Roadblock' Films, 'Children's Resistance' Films and 'Blood Relations' Films: Israeli and Palestinian Documentary Post-Intifada: Il Raya Morag -- Sacred, Mundane and Absurd Revelations of the Everyday – Poetic Vérité in the Eastern European Tradition; Susanna Helke --; PART IV: DOCUMENTARY VOICES -- First-Person Political: Alisa Lebow -- Feminist Documentaries: Finding, Seeing and Using Them: Julia Lesage -- Pioneers of Black Documentary Film: Pearl Bowser -- LGTBs' Documentary Identity: Christopher Pullen -- Docusoaps: The Ordinary Voice as Popular Entertainment: Richard Kilborn -- Reality TV: A Sign of the Times?: Anita Biressi and Heather Nunn --; PART V: DOCUMENTARY DISCIPLINES -- Anthropology: The Evolution of Ethnographic Film: Paul Henley -- Science, Society and Documentary: Tim Boon -- History Documentaries for Television: Ann Gray -- Music, Documentary, Music Documentary: Michael Chanan -- Art, Documentary as Art; Michael Renov --; PART VI: DOCUMENTARY FUTURES -- Documentary as Open Space: Helen de Michiel and Patricia R. Zimmermann -- 'This Great Mapping of Ourselves': New Documentary Forms Online: John Dovey and Mandy Rose -- New Platforms for 'Docmedia': 'Varient of a Manifesto': Peter Wintonick --; Afterword: The Unchanging Question: Brian Winston -- Index
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Documentary screens : non-fiction film and television / Keith Beattie Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire: Palgrave Macmillan, 2004.
Call No: 761 BEAAuthor: Beattie, Keith Source: UKPlace: Houndmills, Basingstoke, HampshirePublisher: Palgrave MacmillanPubDate: 2004PhysDes: 276 p ; 21cmSubject: DOCUMENTARY FILMS ; DOCUMENTARY DRAMAS ; AUSTRALIAN ABORIGINES IN FILM ; IMPERIALISM AND THE CINEMA ; CINEMA VERITE ; CINEMA-DIRECT ; JOURNALISTS, FILM ; POPULAR CULTURE AND TV ; REALITY TV ; TABLOID JOURNALISM ; POPULAR CULTURE AND THE CINEMA ; AUSTRALIAN BROADCASTING CORPORATION ; BRITISH BROADCASTING CORPORATION ; COLUMBIA BROADCASTING SYSTEM ; NATIONAL FILM BOARD OF CANADA ; NATIONAL INDIGENOUS DOCUMENTARY FUND ; NBC TELEVISION NETWORK ; PUBLIC BROADCASTING SERVICE ; NETWORK TEN ; VIDEODISCS ; GRANADA ; IMAX ; INDEPENDENT TELEVISION COMMISSION ; INTERACTIVE TV ; MUSIC TELEVISION ; TELEVISION JOURNALISTS ; BUERK, MICHEAL ; CAVADINI, ALESSANDRO ; DE ANTONIO, EMILE ; DREW, ROBERT ; DYLAN, BOB ; FLAHERTY, ROBERT ; GRIERSON, JOHN ; LEACOCK, RICHARD ; LORENTZ, PARE ; MAYSLES, ALBERT ; MAYSLES, DAVID ; MCELWEE, ROSS ; MOORE, MICHAEL ; MORIN, EDGAR ; O'ROURKE, DENNIS ; PENNEBAKER, D. A. ; PILGER, JOHN ; ROUCH, JEAN ; RUTTMAN, WALTER ; TAJIRI, REA ; VERTOV, DZIGA ; ATOMIC CAFE, THE (US, Kevin Rafferty & Jane Loader & Pierce Rafferty, 1982) ; CHEQUER-BOARD [TV] (AT, 1969-1975) ; FOUR CORNERS [TV] (AT, 1961-) ; BRONENOSETS POTEMKIN [BATTLESHIP POTEMKIN] (UR, Sergei Eisenstein, 1925) ; BERLIN DIE SINFONIE DER GROSSTADT (G, Walter Ruttman, 1927) ; BIG BROTHER [TV] (AT, 2001) ; BIGGIE AND TUPAC (US, Nick Broomfield, 2001) ; BILL, THE [TV] (UK, 1984-) ; BIRTH OF A NATION, THE (US, David Wark Griffith, 1915) ; BOWLING FOR COLUMBINE (US/CA, Michael Moore, 2002) ; BUENA VISTA SOCIAL CLUB (GG/US, Wim Wenders, 1999) ; CAMBODIA: YEAR ZERO (AT, John Pilger, 1989) ; CANE TOADS : AN UNNATURAL HISTORY (AT, Mark Lewis, 1987) ; CANNIBAL TOURS (AT, Dennis O' Rourke, 1987) ; CATHY COME HOME (UK, Ken Loach, 1966) ; CHRONIQUE D' UN ETE (FR, Jean Rouch & Edgar Morin, 1961) ; COPS AND ROBBERSONS (US, Michael Ritchie, 1994) ; CROCODILE DUNDEE (AT, Peter Faiman, 1986) ; CUNNAMULLA (AT, Dennis O'Rourke, 2000) ; DEATH OF A PRINCESS [TV] (UK/US/NZ/AT/NE, Antony Thomas, 1980) ; DISMISSAL, THE [TV] (AT, George T. Miller & others, 1983) ; DON'T LOOK BACK (US, D.A. Pennebaker, 1967) ; GOOD WOMAN OF BANGKOK, THE (AT, Dennis O'Rourke, 1991) ; LIFE AND TIMES OF ROSIE THE RIVETER, THE (US, Connie Field, 1980) ; MABO: LIFE OF AN ISLAND MAN (AT, Trevor Graham, 1997) ; CELOVEK S KINOAPPARATOM (UR, Dziga Vertov, 1929) ; MONTEREY POP (US, D. A. Pennebaker, 1968) ; NANOOK OF THE NORTH (US, Robert Flaherty, 1922) ; POLICE STATE (AT, Chris Noonan, 1989) ; SYLVANIA WATERS [TV] (AT, Brian Hill & Kate Woods, 1993) ; WALKING WITH DINOSAURS[TV] (UK, 1999) ; WAR GAME, THE (UK, Peter Watkins, 1966) Summary: Documentary Screens is a comprehensive and critical examination of the formal features and histories of central categories of documentary film and television. Among the categories examined are autobiographical, indigenous and ethnographic documentary, compilation films, direct cinema and cinema verite and television documentary journalism. The book also considers recent so called popular factual entertainment and the future of documentary film, television and new media. [Taken from back cover].ISBN: 033374117XURL status: URL: 'http://-'
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Dont look back / by Keith Beattie London: A BFI Book published by Palgrave, 2016.
Call No: 79DON BEAAuthor: Beattie, Keith Source: UKPlace: LondonPublisher: A BFI Book published by PalgravePubDate: 2016PhysDes: 87 pages : illustrations ; 19 cmSeries: BFI film classicsSubject: MUSICIANS IN FILMS ; DOCUMENTARIES ; CINEMA-DIRECT ; DYLAN, BOB ; PENNEBAKER, D. A. ; DONT LOOK BACK (US, D.A. Pennebaker, 1967) Summary: "The award-winning film Dont Look Back (1967) captures Bob Dylan on tour and on the cusp of change in 1965. Dylan was rapidly shedding his image as a folk musician and being reborn as a rock persona – and D. A. Pennebaker was there to record this fascinating transformation.
This insightful book charts the ways in which Pennebaker revised aspects of observational 'direct cinema', a style of film-making that he helped to pioneer, in order to represent in innovative ways Dylan's onstage performances and backstage actions. Keith Beattie's perceptive and nuanced analysis explains the relationship between 'pose' and the performative presentation of 'persona',
which forms the basis of the film's portrayal, and explores Pennebaker's relationship with Dylan in the film-making process. In doing so, the book highlights many remarkable moments from Dont Look Back and demonstrates how this landmark film eschewed the informationalism of the documentary form, revealing a captivating portrait of its beguiling subject" -- BOOK BACK COVERNotes: Formerly CIP; Includes bibliographical referencesISBN: 9781844577613Contents: -- acknowledgments -- prologue: on a prologue -- 1 Portraiture, Performance and Collusion -- 2 Screen Test -- 3 Hanging Out -- 4 `You Don't Need a Weatherman' -- 5 Casting a Spell -- afterimages -- notes -- credits --
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Imagining reality : the Faber book of the documentary / [edited by] Kevin Macdonald and Mark Cousins London: Faber and Faber, 1996.
Call No: 761 MACAuthor: Macdonald, Kevin, 1967- ; Cousins, Mark Place: LondonPublisher: Faber and FaberPubDate: 1996PhysDes: xii, 400 p. : ill. ; 24 cmSubject: DOCUMENTARY FILMS ; JEWS IN FILMS ; CINEMA VERITE ; CINEMA-DIRECT ; GENOCIDE IN FILMS ; NEWSREELS ; PROPAGANDA FILMS ; SOCIAL PROBLEMS IN FILMS ; WAR IN FILMS ; VERTOV, DZIGA ; ROUCH, JEAN ; IMAMURA, SHOHEI ; KIESLOWSKI, KRZYSZTOF ; MALLE, LOUIS ; MARKER, CHRIS ; OPHULS, MARCEL ; Grierson, John ; HUSTON, JOHN ; ANDERSON, LINDSAY ; BUNUEL, LUIS ; ALVAREZ, SANTIAGO ; ANTONIO, EMILE DE ; BALAZS, BELA ; BLUE, JAMES ; BROOMFIELD, NICK ; CAVALCANTI, ALBERTO ; COLINA, JOSE DE LA ; COOPER, MERIAN C. ; DIETRICH, MARLENE ; FLAHERTY, ROBERT ; IVENS, JORIS ; IWASAKI, AKIRA ; JENNINGS, HUMPHREY ; KAUFMAN, MIKHAIL ; KAUL, MANI ; LANZMANN, CLAUDE ; LEACOCK, RICHARD ; MAYSLES, ALBERT & DAVID ; MORRIS, ERROL ; RIEFENSTAHL, LENI ; SCHELL, MAXIMILIAN ; SHUB, ESTHER ; TSUCHIMOTO, NORIAKI ; WISEMAN, FREDERICK ; WRIGHT, BASIL ; TRIUMPH DES WILLENS (G, Leni Riefenstahl, 1935) ; WITH LAWRENCE IN ARABIA (US, Lowell Thomas, 1919) ; INDE FANTOME, L' (FR, Louis Malle, 1968) ; LET THERE BE LIGHT (US, John Huston, 1946) ; MARLENE (GW, Maximilian Schell, 1984) ; NANOOK OF THE NORTH (US, Robert Flaherty, 1922) ; NIGHT MAIL (UK, Basil Wright & Harry Watt, 1936) ; REGEN (NE, Joris Ivens, 1929) ; SONG OF CEYLON (UK, Basil Wright, 1934) ; SPANISH EARTH, THE (US, Joris Ivens, 1937) ; THIN BLUE LINE, THE (US, Errol Morris, 1988) ; SANS SOLEIL (FR, Chris Marker, 1983) ; SHOAH (FR/SZ, Claude Lanzmann, 1985) ; A PROPOS DE NICE (FR, Jean Vigo, 1930) ; CRUMB (US, Terry Zwigoff, 1994) ; HOUSING PROBLEMS (UK, Edgar Anstey & Arthur Elton, 1935) ; YUKI YUKITE SHINGUN (JA, Kazuo Hara, 1987) ; VERITES ET MENSONGES (FR/IR, Orson Welles, 1975[prod.1973]) ; FIRST LOVE (US, Joan Darling, 1977) ; GIMME SHELTER (US, David Maysles & Albert Maysles & Charlotte Zwerin, 1970) ; HOOP DREAMS (US, Steve James, 1994) ; LAS HURDES (SP, Luis Bunuel, 1932) Summary: Imagining Reality takes the reader on a tour of the evolution of documentary film as an increasingly vibrant, polemical, experimental and entertaining form. It gathers a wide-ranging collection of writings by and about such groundbreaking documentary-makers as Vertov, Flaherty, Marcel Ophuls, Chris Marker, Kieslowski, Claude Lanzmann, and Nick Broomfield.
The story is carried up to date by attention to the success documentaries have had among mainstream movie audiences in recent years, including Michael Moore's Bowling For Columbine and Fahrenheit 9/11, The Buena Vista Social Club, Spellbound, Capturing The Friedmans, Être Et Avoir, and The Fog Of War. --TAKEN FROM PUBLISHER'S SITENotes: Includes bibliographical references and index; Faber book of the documentaryISBN: 0571177239LON: 13068333Contents: Part 1. -- 1.The Kingdom of Shadows -- 2. Going to Extremes -- 3. Kino Eyes and Agit Trains -- 4. Documentary and the Avante Guarde -- Part 2. -- 5. The British Movement -- 6. Battling for minds -- 7. Aspects of Asia -- Part 3. -- 8. The Essayists -- 9. The Grain of Truth -- Part 4. -- 10. The Cinema of Social Concern -- 11. Diversity -- 12. The Burning QuestionID2: 47
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The new documentary in action : a casebook in film making Berkeley: University of California Press, 1971.
Call No: 761 ROSAuthor: Rosenthal, Alan, 1936 Place: BerkeleyPublisher: University of California PressPubDate: 1971PhysDes: 287 p. illus., ports. 24 cmSubject: DOCUMENTARY FILMS ; CINEMA-DIRECT ; WISEMAN, FREDERICK ; PENNEBAKER, D. A. ; WATKINS, PETER ; KING, ALLAN ; LEITERMAN, RICHARD ; SILVERSTEIN, MORTON ; SAARE, ARLA ; BARRON, ARTHUR ; MCLAREN, NORMAN ; FUNT, ALLEN ; STONEY, GEORGE ; CAWSTON, RICHARD ; BURNLEY, FRED ; MARRIED COUPLE, A (CN, Allan King, 1969) ; PAS DE DEUX (CN, Norman McLaren, 1968) ; WHAT DO YOU DO WITH A NAKED LADY? (US, Allen Funt, 1969) ; NEIGHBOURS (US, Norman McLaren, 1952) ; CATHY COME HOME (UK, Ken Loach, 1966) ; DON'T LOOK BACK (US, D.A. Pennebaker, 1967) ; MONTEREY POP (US, D. A. Pennebaker, 1968) ; HIGH SCHOOL (US, Frederick Wiseman, 1969) ; WAR GAME, THE (UK, Peter Watkins, 1966) Summary: " Several case studies of feature films projects have been published, but til now we have had no equivalent basis for the understanding of documentary. This is the first casebook to focus exclusively on the nonfiction film maker: his revolutionary techniques, his particular conceptions of his work, his unique artistic strategies, his creative and practical problems. In creating this study Alan Rosenthal has interviewed film makers whose work lies on the active growing edge of the medium: director-producers, writers, cameramen, editors- men and women who have in recent years pushed back the boundaries of cinematic convention and profoundly influenced our notions of photography, acting, and editing. Some films are covered by interviews with several members of the creative team, whose differing perspectives help to shape the final work." -- BOOK BLURBNotes: Interviews with film makersISBN: 0520018885LON: 218982
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The new documentary in action : a casebook in film making / Alan Rosenthal Berkeley, Calif.: University of California Press, 1972.
Call No: 761 ROSAuthor: Rosenthal, Alan Edition: 1st pbk ed.Source: USPlace: Berkeley, Calif.Publisher: University of California PressPubDate: 1972PhysDes: 287 p. : ill. ; 20 cmSubject: DOCUMENTARY FILMS ; CINEMA-DIRECT ; WISEMAN, FREDERICK ; PENNEBAKER, D. A. ; WATKINS, PETER ; KING, ALLAN ; LEITERMAN, RICHARD ; SILVERSTEIN, MORTON ; SAARE, ARLA ; BARRON, ARTHUR ; MCLAREN, NORMAN ; FUNT, ALLEN ; STONEY, GEORGE ; CAWSTON, RICHARD ; BURNLEY, FRED ; MARRIED COUPLE, A (CN, Allan King, 1969) ; PAS DE DEUX (CN, Norman McLaren, 1968) ; WHAT DO YOU DO WITH A NAKED LADY? (US, Allen Funt, 1969) ; NEIGHBOURS (US, Norman McLaren, 1952) ; CATHY COME HOME (UK, Ken Loach, 1966) ; DON'T LOOK BACK (US, D.A. Pennebaker, 1967) ; MONTEREY POP (US, D. A. Pennebaker, 1968) ; HIGH SCHOOL (US, Frederick Wiseman, 1969) ; WAR GAME, THE (UK, Peter Watkins, 1966) Summary: " Several case studies of feature films projects have been published, but til now we have had no equivalent basis for the understanding of documentary. This is the first casebook to focus exclusively on the nonfiction film maker: his revolutionary techniques, his particular conceptions of his work, his unique artistic strategies, his creative and practical problems. In creating this study Alan Rosenthal has interviewed film makers whose work lies on the active growing edge of the medium: director-producers, writers, cameramen, editors- men and women who have in recent years pushed back the boundaries of cinematic convention and profoundly influenced our notions of photography, acting, and editing. Some films are covered by interviews with several members of the creative team, whose differing perspectives help to shape the final work." -- BOOK BLURBNotes: Interviews with film makers.ISBN: 0520022548Donation: donated by the family of Wayne Levy, 2006Contents: -- acknowledgements -- introduction -- direct cinema: 1. a married couple: Allan King, producer-director, Richard Leiterman, photographer and associate director, Arla Saare, editor -- 2. High school: Frederick Wiseman, producer-director -- 3. Salesman, Albert Mayles, director-photographer, Charlotte Zwerin, editor -- Television journalism: 4. this week: Jeremy Irons, producer 5. what harvest for the reaper? Morton Silverstein, writer-producer, Laurence Solomon, editor -- 6: hard times in the country: Jack Willis, writer-producer -- 7: sixteen in the Webster Groves and the Berkeley Rebels: Arthur Barron, producer-director -- Reconstructions and reenactments: 8. the war game: Peter Watkins, writer-director -- 9: Cathy come home: Jeremy Standford, writer -- 10: the dream divided : Fred Burnley, writer-director -- Specials: 11: dont look back and monterey pop: Don Alan Pennebaker, director-photographer -- 12: royal family: Richard Cawston, producer-director, Antony Jay, commentary writer, 13: Dubrovnik festival: Jack Kuney, producer-director -- Sponsored films : 14. a cry for help: George Stoney, writer-director -- 15. the furure came yesterday: Antony Jay: writer-director -- Optical transformations: 17. neighbours and Pas de Deux, Norman McLaren, producer-director -- index --
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Nonfiction film : a critical history / by Richard Meran Barsam ; foreword by Richard Dyer MacCann London: Allen and Unwin, 1974.
Call No: 761 BARAuthor: Barsam, Richard Meran Place: LondonPublisher: Allen and UnwinPubDate: 1974PhysDes: xix, 332 p. : ill., ports. ; 22 cmSubject: NON-FICTION FILMS ; DOCUMENTARY FILMS ; CINEMA-DIRECT ; PROPAGANDA FILMS ; WAR FILMS ; ANDERSON, LINDSAY ; CAPRA, FRANK ; CAVALCANTI, ALBERTO ; VAN DONGEN, HELEN ; DOVZENKO, ALEKSANDR ; FLAHERTY, ROBERT ; GRIERSON, JOHN ; HUSTON, JOHN ; IVENS, JORIS ; JENNINGS, HUMPHREY ; KING, ALLAN ; LEACOCK, RICHARD ; LYE, LEN ; MAYSLES, ALBERT & DAVID ; PENNEBAKER, D. A. ; REISZ, KAREL ; RIEFENSTAHL, LENI ; ROTHA, PAUL ; RUTTMAN, WALTER ; STORCK, HENRI ; VAN DYKE, WILLARD ; VERTOV, DZIGA ; WADLEIGH, MICHAEL ; WATT, HARRY ; WISEMAN, FREDERICK ; WRIGHT, BASIL ; BOND, RALPH ; ANSTEY, EDGAR ; LORENTZ, PARE ; HAMMID, ALEXANDER ; ROGOSIN, LIONEL ; STEINER, RALPH ; ELTON, ARTHUR ; JACOBY, IRVING ; LAND, THE (US, Robert Flaherty, 1942) ; FIGHT FOR LIFE, THE (US, Pare Lorentz, 1940) ; MAISONS DE LA MISERE, LES (BE, Henri Storck, 1937) ; ALL OF MY BABIES : A MIDWIFE'S OWN STORY (US, George Stoney, 1952) ; BATTLE OF RUSSIA, THE (US, Frank Capra, 1944) ; LET THERE BE LIGHT (US, John Huston, 1946) ; DON'T LOOK BACK (US, D.A. Pennebaker, 1967) Summary: "Nonfiction film is the first work to document the whole history of nonfiction film from the 1920s to the present day. The main emphasis of the book is on the British and American cinema and hundreds of documentary, action, and 'actuality' films from Nanook of the North to Woodstock and Gimme Shelter are described, discussed and analysed, including films by the great pioneers such as Robert Flaherty, Basil Wright, John Grierson and Paul Rotha and the new experimental film makers like Richard Leacock, D. A. Pennebaker, Frederick Wiseman and Albert and David Maysles. Richard Barsam provides a critical framework against which the non-fiction film can be studied and enjoyed. Among the many topics covered are early American, Russian and Continental films, the British and American films of the twenties and thirties, the films of World War II and the whole range of styles and subjects of the fifties, sixties and today." -- BOOK BLURBNotes: Originally published: New York : Dutton, 1973; Bibl.: p.317-321. - List of films: p.299-316. - IndexISBN: 0047910313 (Pbk) : ª1.95; 0047910305LON: 1923477Contents: 1. Defining nonfiction film -- 2. The American, Russian, and continental beginnings -- 3. John Grierson and the early British documentary -- 4. British documentary in the later 1930's -- 5. European and American nonfiction film: 1930-1940 -- 6. The humanistic vision of Robert Flaherty -- 7. World War II on film -- 8. Nonfiction film in transition: 1940-1950 -- 9. Old traditions and new directions: 1950-1960 -- 10. The new nonfiction film: 1960-1970URL status: URL: 'http://-'
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The politics of documentary / Michael Chanan London: British Film Institute, 2007.
Call No: 761 CHAAuthor: Chanan, Michael Source: UKPlace: LondonPublisher: British Film InstitutePubDate: 2007PhysDes: viii, 280 p. : ill., ports. ; 24 cmSubject: ARCHIVES & INSTITUTES, FILM ; AVANT-GARDE FILMS ; CINEMA VERITE ; CINEMA-DIRECT ; COMMENTARY ; DOCUMENTARY FILMS. JAPAN ; DOCUMENTARY FILMS. LATIN AMERICAN COUNTRIES ; DOCUMENTARY FILMS. USA ; DOCUMENTARY FILMS ; FREE CINEMA ; MONTAGE ; MUSIC AND THE CINEMA ; POLITICAL FILMS ; POLITICS AND THE CINEMA ; POLITICS IN FILMS ; TRUTH IN FILMS ; FLAHERTY, ROBERT ; GRIERSON, JOHN ; IVENS, JORIS ; ROUCH, JEAN ; VERTOV, DZIGA ; BERLIN DIE SINFONIE DER GROSSTADT (G, Walter Ruttman, 1927) ; BERLIN: SYMPHONY OF A GREAT CITY (G, Walter Ruttman, 1927) ; NANOOK OF THE NORTH (US, Robert Flaherty, 1922) Summary: "Chanan traces the history of the documentary from the first Lumiere films to Grierson and his contemporaries, though to Free Cinema, Cinema verite and Direct Cinema, up to the current resurgence of documentary with high profile films such as those of Michael Moore. Chanan's thematic approach takes in topics such as the documentary before documentary, how documentary film language works, the veracity of the image, the construction of the soundtrack, the migration of documentary to television, political documentary, censorship, first-person film making, and the relation of the archives to history and memory. Drawing on examples of documentary cinema in Japan, Iran, and Latin America as well as Europe and the USA, Chanan argues that documentary provides a crucial public space in which ideas are debated, opinion is formed and those in authority are held to account. " - BLURBNotes: Includes bibliographical references and indexISBN: 9781844572267Contents: Part 1: Mapping the field -- 1:The new documentary wave -- 2: The documentary field -- 3: Rules of evidence -- Part 2: Historical moments -- 4: Documentary before documentary -- 5: Discovery of space -- 6: The documented point of view -- 7: Soundscapes -- 8: Public address -- 9:Essays and endeavours -- 10:Truth games -- Part 3: Contemporary Themes -- 11:Different histories -- 12: Living history -- 13: The space of the subject -- 14: After Verite -- 15: History and memory -- Index
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