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Call No: 761 ROT
Author: Rothman, William
Place: Cambridge, Eng. New York
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
PubDate: 1997
PhysDes: xv, 218 p. : ill. ; 24 cm
Series: Cambridge studies in film
Subject: DOCUMENTARY FILMS; CINEMA VERITE; NON-FICTION FILMS; BUNUEL, LUIS; LEACOCK, RICHARD; RESNAIS, ALAIN; ROUCH, JEAN; NANOOK OF THE NORTH (US, Robert Flaherty, 1922); HURDES, LAS (SP, Luis Bunuel, 1933); NUIT ET BROUILLARD (FR, Alain Resnais, 1955); NIGHT AND FOG (FR, Alain Resnais, 1995); HAPPY MOTHER'S DAY, A (US, Joyce Chopra/Richard Leacock, 1963); DONT LOOK BACK (US, D.A. Pennebaker, 1967); LAND WITHOUT BREAD (SP, Luis Bunuel, 1933)
Summary: "Documentary Film Classics" offers close readings of a number of major documentaries, including Nanook of the North, Land without Bread, Night and Fog, Chronicle of a Summer, A Happy Mother's Day, and Don't Look Back. William Rothman analyzes the philosophical and historical issues and themes implicit in these works. Designed to guide film students through the 'texts' of films that span the history of the documentary film movement, his readings also focus on the achievements of these works as films per se. This book is both an original contribution to the field of film studies and also suitable for use as a text for college level courses on documentary film and broader film history courses." -- BOOK COVER
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 211-213) and index
ISBN: 0521456819 (pbk); 0521450675 (hbk)
Order Received: 1997
LON: 96014029; 12242459
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Call No: 761 NIC
Author: Nichols, Bill
Source: US
Place: Bloomington IN
Publisher: Indiana University Press
PubDate: 2001
PhysDes: 223 p. ; ill. ; 23 cm
Subject: DOCUMENTARIES; DOCUMENTARY FILMS; EDITING; ETHICS AND THE CINEMA; FEMINISM AND THE CINEMA; REALISM IN FILMS; SOCIAL PROBLEMS IN FILMS; VIDEO, FILMS ON; VOICE OVER; LAND WITHOUT BREAD (SP, Luis Bunuel, 1933); NANOOK OF THE NORTH (US, Robert Flaherty, 1922); NIGHT AND FOG (FR, Alain Resnais, 1995); NUIT ET BROUILLARD (FR, Alain Resnais, 1955); THIN BLUE LINE, THE (US, Errol Morris, 1988)
Summary: Introduction to Documentary provides an overview of the most important topics and issues in documentary history and criticism. Designed for students in any field that makes use of visiual evidence and persuasive strategies, this book spells out the distinguishing qualities of documentary. This book offers suggestive answers to basic issues that have stood at the centre of all debate on documentary from its very beginnings to today. It covers questions of ethics, form, modes, voice, history, and politics among others. A final chapter addresses the question of how to write about documentary in a clear, convincing manner.
Notes: Includes Notes on source material pp.179-190; Filmography pp.191-201; List of Distributors pp.201-218; Index pp.219-223
ISBN: 0253214696
Contents: 1. Why are ethical issues central to documentary filmmaking -- 2. How do documentaries differ from other types of film -- 3. What gives documentary films a voice of their own? -- 4. What are documantaries about? -- 5. How did documentary filmmaking get started? -- 6. What types of documentary are there? -- 7. How have documentaries addressed social and political issues? -- 8. How can we write effectively about documentary?
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Call No: 744(=924) AVI
Author: Avisar, Ilan, 1951
Place: Bloomington
Publisher: Indiana University Press
PubDate: c1988
PhysDes: xi, 212 p., [6] p. of plates : ill. ; 25 cm
Series: Jewish literature and culture
Subject: GENOCIDE IN FILMS; CZECHOSLOVAKIA; NAZIS IN FILMS; PONTECORVO, GILLO; RIEFENSTAHL, LENI; ULICA GRANICZNA (PL, Aleksander Ford, 1948); DIARY OF ANNE FRANK, THE (US, Geoarge Stevens, 1959); A PATY JEZDEC JE STRACH (CS, Zbynek Brynych, 1964); OSTATNI ETAP (PL, Wanda Jakubowska, 1948); OBCHOD NA KORZE (CS, Jan Kadar & Elmar Klos, 1965); SHOP ON MAIN STREET, THE (CS, Jan Kadar & Elmar Klos, 1965); TRANSPORT Z RAJE (CS, Zbynek Brynych, 1962); KAPO (IT/FR/YU, Gillo Pontecorvo, 1960); [MISTER] MR KLEIN [M. KLEIN] (FR/IT, Joseph Losey, 1976); NUIT ET BROUILLARD (FR, Alain Resnais, 1955); NIGHT AND FOG (FR, Alain Resnais, 1995); TRIUMPH DES WILLENS (G, Leni Riefenstahl, 1935); GREAT DICTATOR, THE (US, Charles Chaplin, 1940); DAMNED, THE [CADUTA DEGLI DEI, LA] (IT/GW, Luchino Visconti, 1969); DALEKA CESTA (CS, Alfred Radok, 1949)
Summary: "Over the past four decades filmmakers have struggled with the task of depicting the atrocities of the Holocaust - the unimaginable brutalities of the Nazis and the incredible suffering of their victims. Avisar bases his discussion of these filmic efforts on the assumption that the Holocaust was a unique and unprecedented historical experience and that as such it poses special problems for those, particularly artists, who seek to reflect upon this historical event. He disagrees with theorists who believe that art cannot deal with the Holocaust in a meaningful way. This study examines how cinematic art meets the challenge of dealing with the extraordinary nature of the Holocaust. Avisar uses the concepts of representation, presentation, and comprehension to analyze a select number of Holocaust films. The cinematic medium offers a wide range of artistic visions of historical events. Avisar combines theoretical concepts peculiar to the nature of cinema with arguments on the uniqueness of Hitler's Final Solution in presenting detailed analyses of such remarkable films as Night and Fog, The Damned, The Great Dictator, The Diary of Anne Frank, The Shop on Main Street, The Garden of the Finzi-Continis, and Mr. Klein." -- BOOK BLURB
Notes: Includes index; Bibliography: p. [194]-200; Filmography: p. [201]-205
ISBN: 0253303761; 0253204755 (pbk.)
LON: 5515271