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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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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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Drama-documentary / [edited by Andrew Goodwin, Paul Kerr and Ian Macdonald] London: British Film Institute, 1984, c1983.
Call No: 761.6 DRAAuthor: Goodwin, Andrew ; Macdonald, Ian ; Kerr, Paul Place: LondonPublisher: British Film InstitutePubDate: 1984, c1983PhysDes: 106 pSeries: BFI dossier ; no. 19Subject: DOCUMENTARY DRAMAS. UK ; BRITISH BROADCASTING CORPORATION ; WAR GAME, THE (UK, Peter Watkins, 1966) ; DEATH OF A PRINCESS [TV] (UK/US/NZ/AT/NE, Antony Thomas, 1980) ; INVASION [TV] (UK, Leslie Woodhead, 1980) Notes: Bibliography: p. 104-106LON: 4652832
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Film 67/68 : An anthology by the National Society of Film Critics / edited by Richard Schickel and John Simon Indianapolis [etc.]: Bobbs-Merrill Co. [etc.], c1968.
Call No: 67(04) FILAuthor: Schickel, Richard (ed) ; Simon, John (ed) CorpAuthor: National Society of Film Critics (U.S.)Place: Indianapolis [etc.]Publisher: Bobbs-Merrill Co. [etc.]PubDate: c1968PhysDes: 320 p. ; 22 cmSubject: ACCIDENT (UK, Joseph Losey, 1967) ; BATTAGLIA DI ALGERI (IT/AE, Gillo Pontecorvo, 1966) ; BEDAZZLED (US, Stanely Donen, 1967) ; BONNIE AND CLYDE (US, Arthur Penn, 1967) ; CASINO ROYALE (UK, John Huston & Ken Hughes & Val Guest & Robert Parrish & Joseph McGrath, 1967) ; CHAPPAQUA (US, Conrad Rooks, 1966) ; OSTRE SLEDOVANE VLAKY (CS, Jiri Menzel, 1966) ; COMEDIANS, THE (US, Peter Glenville, 1967) ; COOL HAND LUKE (US, Stuart Rosenberg, 1967) ; COUNTESS FROM HONG KONG, A (UK/US, Charles Chaplin, 1967) ; DIRTY DOZEN, THE (US, Robert Aldrich, 1967) ; DOCTOR DOLITTLE (US, Richard Fleischer, 1967) ; DUTCHMAN (UK, Anthony Harvey, 1967) ; EL DORADO (SP/FR, Carlos Saura, 1988) ; ELVIRA MADIGAN (SE/DA, Bo Widerberg, 1967) ; DIVORCE, AMERICAN STYLE (US, Bud Yorkin, 1967) ; CAMPANADAS A MEDIANOCHE (SP/SZ, Orson Welles, 1966) ; FAMILY WAY, THE (UK, Ray Boultng, 1967) ; FAR FROM THE MADDING CROWD (UK, John Schlesinger, 1967) ; GRADUATE, THE (US, Mike Nichols, 1967) ; GUESS WHO'S COMING TO DINNER (US, Stanley Kramer, 1967) ; HOW I WON THE WAR (UK, Richard Lester, 1967) ; CAZA, LA (SP, Carlos Saura, 1966) ; HURRY SUNDOWN (US, Otto Preminger, 1967) ; IN COLD BLOOD (US, Richard Brooks, 1967) ; IN LIKE FLINT (US, Gordon Douglas, 1967) ; IN THE HEAT OF THE NIGHT (US, Norman Jewison, 1967) ; JOKERS, THE (UK, Michael Winner, 1967) ; ROI DE COUER, LE (FR/IT, Philippe de Broca, 1966) ; GUERRE EST FINIE, LA (FR/SW, Alain Resnais, 1966) ; LUV (US, Clive Donner, 1967) ; MARAT/SADE (UK, Peter Brook, 1967) ; PERSONA (SW, Ingmar Bergman, 1966) ; POINT BLANK (US, John Boorman, 1967) ; PRESIDENT'S ANALYST, THE (US, Theodoro J.Flicker, 1967) ; PRIVILEGE, THE (UK, Peter Watkins, 1967) ; STRANGER, THE (US/AG, Adolfo Aristarain, 1987) ; TAMING OF THE SHREW, THE (US/IT, Franco Zeffirelli, 1967) ; TO SIR, WITH LOVE (UK, James Clavell, 1967) ; TRIP, THE (US, Roger Corman, 1967) ; ULYSSES (UK/US, Joseph Strick, 1967) ; UP THE DOWN STAIRCASE (US, Robert Mulligan, 1967) ; WAR GAME, THE (UK, Peter Watkins, 1966) ; WHISPERERS, THE, (UK, Byan Forbes, 1967) ; YOU'RE A BIG BOY NOW (US, Francis Ford Coppola, 1966) ; YOU ONLY LIVE TWICE (UK, Lewis Gilbert, 1967) Summary: Review of films produced in 1966-1967ISSN: 0071-4860 0015-1076LON: 68019946; 894646Contents: -- Bonnie And Clyde / Joseph Morgenstern, John Simon, Stanley Kauffmann And Pauline Kael -- Point Blank / Richard Schickel And Andrew Sarris -- In Cold Blood / Arthur Knight And Andrew Sarris -- A Countess From Hong Kong / Wilfrid Sheed, Philip T. Hartung And Andrew Sarris -- Falstaff / Joseph Morgenstern, Andrew Sarris, Stanley Kauffmann, Pauline Kael And John Simon -- The Exterminating Angel / Richard Schickel -- Two For The Road / Pauline Kael -- A Guide For The Married Man, Divorce American Style And Luv / Wilfrid Sheed -- Elvira Madigan / Stanley Kauffmann -- Accident / Brendan Gill, Pauline Kael And John Simon -- The Family Way / Richard Schickel -- You're A Big Boy Now / Hollis Alpert And Richard Schickel -- The Graduate / Joseph Morgenstern And Richard Schickel -- Closely Watched Trains / Joseph Morgenstern And John Simon -- The War Game / Richard Schickel And Wilfrid Sheed -- La Guerre Est Finie / Brendan Gill And John Simon -- The Dirty Dozen / Richard Schickel -- King Of Hearts / Wilfrid Sheed -- The Battle Of Algiers / Joseph Morgenstern And Stanley Kauffmann -- How I Won The War / Stanley Kauffmann And John Simon -- In Like Flint / Arthur Knight -- Casino Royale / Wilfrid Sheed -- You Only Live Twice / Pauline Kael -- The Jokers / Philip T. Hartung -- Bedazzled / Stanley Kauffmann -- The President's Analyst / Andrew Sarris -- Ulysses / Brendan Gill, John Simon And Brad Darrach / The Taming Of The Shrew -- Hollis Alpert And Wilfrid Sheed -- Marat/Sade / Phillip T. Hartung, Brendan Gill And Brad Darrach -- The Comedians / Stanley Kauffmann -- Far From The Maddening Crowd / Hollis Alpert And Richard Schickel -- Dr. Dolittle / Joseph Morgenstern -- El Dorado / Andrew Sarris -- The War Wagon / Richard Schickel -- El Dorado, The War Wagon And The Way West / Pauline Kael -- Persona / John Simon And Pauline Kael -- The Stranger / Stanley Kauffmann And Joseph Morgenstern -- The Trip / Hollis Alpert -- The Trip And Chappaqua / Wilfrid Sheed -- Dutchman / Brendan Gill And John Simon -- In The Heat Of The Night / Andrew Sarris -- To Sir, With Love And In The Heat Of The Night / Hollis Alpert -- Hurry Sundown, In The Heat Of The Night And Cool Hand Luke / Wilfrid Sheed -- Cool Hand Luke / Andrew Sarris -- Guess Who's Coming To Dinner / Wilfrid Sheed -- Up The Down Staircase / Arthur Knight And Andrew Sarris -- Privilege / John Simon And Arthur Knight -- The Hunt / Richard Schickel -- The Whisperers / Andrew Sarris -- Goal! / Brendan Gill -- Africa Addio / Joseph Morgenstern -- A King's Story / Philip T. Hartung -- Lenny Bruce / Wilfrid Sheed -- The Koumiko Mystery And Echoes Of Silence / Brendan Gill -- The Titicut Follies / Richard Schickel -- Don't Look Back / Andrew Sarris -- Portrait Of Jason / Joseph Morgenstern -- The Underground Film / Brad Darrach -- Expo 67 / Joseph Morgenstern And Arthur Knight -- Blow-Up / Stanley KauffmannID2: 277
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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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Nuclear war films / Edited by Jack G. Shaheen Carbondale: Southern Illinois University Press, 1978.
Call No: 737.34 SHAAuthor: Shaheen, Jack G. (editor) Place: CarbondalePublisher: Southern Illinois University PressPubDate: 1978PhysDes: 21 cm ; xx, 194 pagesSubject: NUCLEAR ISSUES IN FILMS ; WAR AND THE CINEMA ; BEGINNING OR THE END, THE (US, Norman Taurog, 1947) ; HIROSHIMA, MON AMOUR (FR/JA, Alain Resnais, 1959) ; ON THE BEACH (US, Stanley Kramer, 1959) ; LADYBUG, LADYBUG (US, Frank Perry, 1963) ; DR STRANGELOVE (UK, Stanley Kubrick, 1964) ; FAIL SAFE (US, Sidney Lumet, 1964) ; Bedford Incident, The (UK/US, James B. Harris, 1965) ; WAR GAME, THE (UK, Peter Watkins, 1966) ISBN: 0809308797AFIRC Location: Stacks
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Utopian television : Rossellini, Watkins, and Godard beyond cinema / Michael Cramer Minneapolis, MN: University of Minnesota Press, 2017.
Call No: 21(4) CRAAuthor: Cramer, Michael Place: Minneapolis, MNPublisher: University of Minnesota PressPubDate: 2017PhysDes: xxiii,276 p. : illustrations ; 22 cmSubject: TELEVISION, FILMS MADE FOR ; TELEVISION AND THE CINEMA. EUROPEAN COUNTRIES ; ROSSELLINI, ROBERTO ; WATKINS, PETER ; GODARD, JEAN-LUC ; WAR GAME, THE (UK, Peter Watkins, 1966) ; HISTOIRE(S) DU CINEMA (SZ/FR, Jean-Luc Godard, 1997) Summary: Television has long been a symbol of social and cultural decay, yet many in postwar Europe saw it as the medium with the greatest potential to help build a new society and create a new form of audiovisual art. Utopian Television examines works of the great filmmakers Roberto Rossellini, Peter Watkins, and Jean-Luc Godard, all of whom looked to television as a promising new medium even while remaining critical of its existing practices.
Utopian Television illustrates how each director imagined television’s improved or “utopian” version by drawing on elements that had come to characterize it by the early 1960s. Taking advantage of the public service model of Western European broadcasting, each used television to realize works that would never have been viable in the commercial cinema. All three directors likewise seized on television’s supposed affinity for information and its status as a “useful” medium, but attempted to join this utility with aesthetic experimentation, suggesting new ways to conceive of the relationship between aesthetics and information.
As beautifully written as it is theoretically rigorous, Utopian Television turns to the writing of Fredric Jameson and Ernst Bloch in treating the three directors’ television experiments as enactments of “utopia as method.” In doing so it reveals the extent to which the medium inspired and shaped hopes not only of a better future but of better moving image art as well. - publisher's web siteISBN: 9781517900397Contents: Contents -- Introduction. The Land beyond Cinema: Television and Utopian Method -- 1. The Promise of Television: Making Utopia Possible -- 2. Television as Enlightenment: Roberto Rossellini’s History Lessons -- 3. Inform, Educate, and Aestheticize: Peter Watkins at the BBC -- 4. Radical Communications: Jean-Luc Godard on and around Television -- 5. Utopia after Television: Media Mutations and Transplantations -- Acknowledgments -- Notes -- IndexID2: 286
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The war game / Peter Watkins New York: Avon Books, 1967.
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