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Call No: 761.2(73) MAM
Author: Mamber, Stephen
Place: Cambridge, Mass.
Publisher: MIT Press
PubDate: [1974]
PhysDes: vi, 288 p. : ill. ; 23 cm
Subject: 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]-283
ISBN: 0262130920
LON: 508990
Contents: Cinema verite: definitions and background -- Drew Associates -- Direct cinema and crisis structure -- The Maysles brothers -- D. A. Pennebaker -- Richard Leacock -- Frederick Wiseman -- Conclusion

Call No: 761.2(73) MAM COPY 2
Author: Mamber, Stephen
Source: UK
Place: Cambridge, MA
Publisher: MIT Press
PubDate: c1974
PhysDes: vi, 288 p. : ill. ; 24 cm
Subject: 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]-283
ISBN: 0262130920
Donation: donated by the family of Wayne Levy, 2006

Call No: 81PEN BEA
Author: Beattie, Keith
Source: US
Place: Urbana
Publisher: University of Illinois Press
PubDate: c2011
PhysDes: 176 p. : ill. ; 21 cm
Series: Contemporary film directors
Subject: 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 BLURB
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p.163-169) and index
ISBN: 9780252078293
Contents: -- acknowledgements -- performing the real -- concert film -- collaborative filmmaking -- portraiture -- rehearsal -- interview with D.A. Pennebaker -- filmography -- bibliography -- index --

Call No: 81PEN BEA
Author: Beattie, Keith (ed.); Griffiths, Trent (ed.)
Source: US
Place: Jackson [Mississippi]
Publisher: University of Mississippi
PubDate: c2014
PhysDes: xxxii, 217pages ; 24 cm
Series: Conversations with filmmakers
Subject: CINEMA VERITE; DOCUMENTARIES; DOCUMENTARY FILMS; PENNEBAKER, D. A.; HEGEDUS, CHRIS; DONT LOOK BACK (US, D.A. Pennebaker, 1967); MONTEREY POP (US, D. A. Pennebaker, 1968)
Summary: "This wide-ranging and insightful collection of interviews with D.A.Pennebaker (b.1925) spans the prolific career of this pioneer of observational cinema. From the 1950s to the present day, Pennebaker has made documentary films that have revealed the world of politics, celebrity culture, and the music industry. " -- BOOK BLURB
Notes: Includes index; Includes bibliographical references, filmography and index
ISBN: 9781628462029
Donation: Donated by Senses of Cinema
Contents: -- the filmmaking of D.A. Pennebaker -- chronology -- filmography -- D.A. Pennebaker / G. Roy Levin (1970) -- Don't look back and Monterey pop: Donn Alan Pennebaker / Alan Rosenthal (1971) -- Donn looks back: cinema verite with Dylan, Bowie / Merrill Shindler (1976) -- Speaking of Samuel / Martyn Auty (1982) -- D. A. Pennebaker on the filming of Don't look back / Barbara Hogenson (1984) -- 1966 and all that: D. A. Pennebaker, filmmaker / Shelly Livson (1984) -- Looking back: D. A. Pennebaker interviewed by John Bauldie / John Bauldie (1986) -- Behind the public face of power: Martha Ansara interviews Chris Hegedus and D. A. Pennebaker / Martha Ansara (1994) -- The burning question: D. A. Pennebaker and Chris Hegedus / Kevin Macdonald and Mark Cousins (1996) -- Documentary film pioneer D. A. Pennebaker looks back and forward / Marc Savlov (1998)-- I film while leaping from my chair: D. A. Pennebaker on Bob Dylan, John Lennon, cinema verite, and Mary Poppins / David Dalton (1999) -- D. A. Pennebaker and Chris Hegedus: engineering nonfiction cinema / Liz Stubbs (2002) -- D.A. Pennebaker: at eighty, looking back and ahead / David D'arcy ( 2005) -- D.A. Pennebaker looks back / Carol Caffin (2007) -- Interview with D. A. Pennebaker and Chris Hegedus / John Berra (2008) -- Ninety years of cinematic confections: an interview with Chris Hegedus and D. A. Pennebaker / Dan Lybarger (2010) -- D.A. Pennebaker: interview / Sam Adams (2011) -- D. A. Pennebaker / Harvey Kubernik (2012) -- additional resources -- index --

Call No: 761 BEA
Author: Beattie, Keith
Place: London
Publisher: Wallflower
PubDate: 2008
PhysDes: xiv, 187 p. ; 24 cm
Subject: 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 JACKET
Notes: 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

Call No: 761 LEV
Author: Levin, G. Roy
Place: Garden City, N.Y.
Publisher: Doubleday
PubDate: 1971
PhysDes: 420p. : ill. ; 21 cm
Subject: DOCUMENTARY FILMS; WRIGHT, BASIL; ANDERSON, LINDSAY; CAWSTON, RICHARD; GARNETT, TONY; LOACH, KENNETH; FRANJU, GEORGES; ROUCH, JEAN; STORCK, HENRI; VAN DYKE, WILLARD; LEACOCK, RICHARD; PENNEBAKER, D. A.; MAYSLES, ALBERT & DAVID; BARRON, ARTHUR; WISEMAN, FREDERICK; PINCUS, ED; SHAMBERG, MICHAEL
Summary: "Perhaps no other art form brings art and reality in any closer juxtaposition than the documentary film. Through the lenses of the documentary filmmaker, we have seen firsthand the excitement of rock concerts, the realities of our political leaders, and the lifestyles of exotic cultures. Few people would argue with the almost limitless potential of the medium, but have we seriously considered how "objective" these films really are - or can be? Should the filmmaker be more concerned with social change or objective reality? In this volume, G. Roy Levin discusses these questions, along with a whole range of aesthetic and political considerations, with the most prominent documentary filmmakers of the world. The directors include the Maysles brothers; Frederick Wiseman, responsible for Titicut Follies; Richard Leacock/D.A. Pennebaker, the team that produced Monterey Pop; and fourteen others, from England, France, Belgium and the U.S. The book includes a brief history of documentary film, as well as exhaustive filmographies on each director." -- BOOK BLURB
Notes: Includes index; Bibliography: p.[405]-406
ISBN: 0385045905
LON: 14286490
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Call No: 761 BEA
Author: Beattie, Keith
Source: UK
Place: Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
PubDate: 2004
PhysDes: 276 p ; 21cm
Subject: 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: 033374117X
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Call No: 79DON BEA
Author: Beattie, Keith
Source: UK
Place: London
Publisher: A BFI Book published by Palgrave
PubDate: 2016
PhysDes: 87 pages : illustrations ; 19 cm
Series: BFI film classics
Subject: 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 COVER
Notes: Formerly CIP; Includes bibliographical references
ISBN: 9781844577613
Contents: -- 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 --

Call No: 62 MAC
Author: MacCann, Richard Dyer
Edition: 1st ed
Place: N.Y.
Publisher: Dutton
PubDate: 1966
PhysDes: 384 p. : movie stills ; 18 cm
Subject: THEORY; AESTHETICS; DOCUMENTARIES; CINEMASCOPE; NEOREALISM; PUDOVKIN, VSEVELOD; CLAIR, RENE; HITCHCOCK, ALFRED; KNOX, ALEXANDER; NICHOLS, DUDLEY; BERGMAN, INGMAR; BALAZS, BELA; SENNETT, MACK; VORKAPICH, SLAVKO; RICHTER, HANS; Grierson, John; ZAVATTINI, CESARE; KRACAUER, SIEGFRIED; ROEMER, MICHAEL; BACHMANN, GIDEON; DREW, ROBERT; LEACOCK, RICHARD; PENNEBAKER, D. A.; DREYER, CARL TH.; VANDERBEEK, STAN; MEKAS, JONAS; KAEL, PAULINE; TRUFFAUT, FRANCOIS; Fellini, Federico
ISBN: 0525471812
LON: 21441213

Call No: 761 ROS
Author: Rosenthal, Alan, 1936
Place: Berkeley
Publisher: University of California Press
PubDate: 1971
PhysDes: 287 p. illus., ports. 24 cm
Subject: 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 BLURB
Notes: Interviews with film makers
ISBN: 0520018885
LON: 218982

Call No: 761 ROS
Author: Rosenthal, Alan
Edition: 1st pbk ed.
Source: US
Place: Berkeley, Calif.
Publisher: University of California Press
PubDate: 1972
PhysDes: 287 p. : ill. ; 20 cm
Subject: 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 BLURB
Notes: Interviews with film makers.
ISBN: 0520022548
Donation: donated by the family of Wayne Levy, 2006
Contents: -- 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 --

Call No: 761 BAR
Author: Barsam, Richard Meran
Place: London
Publisher: Allen and Unwin
PubDate: 1974
PhysDes: xix, 332 p. : ill., ports. ; 22 cm
Subject: 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 BLURB
Notes: Originally published: New York : Dutton, 1973; Bibl.: p.317-321. - List of films: p.299-316. - Index
ISBN: 0047910313 (Pbk) : ª1.95; 0047910305
LON: 1923477
Contents: 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: 1960-1970
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Call No: PERSONALITY MICROFILM COLLECTION; PERSONALITY CLIPPINGS FILE
PhysDes: Clippings
Subject: PENNEBAKER, D. A.