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book		Cinema verite in America : studies in uncontrolled documentary / written by Stephen Mamber Cambridge, Mass.: MIT Press, [1974]. 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 More info
Levy Collection book		Cinema verite in America : studies in uncontrolled documentary / Stephen Mamber Cambridge, MA: MIT Press, c1974. 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 More info
book		Film : a montage of theories N.Y.: Dutton, 1966. 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 More info
Old collection book		Film: Book 1 : the audience and the filmmaker / edited by Robert Hughes New York: Grove Press, 1959. Call No: 62 FIL Author: Hughes, Robert Source: US Place: New York Publisher: Grove Press PubDate: 1959 PhysDes: v. : ill., ports ; 20 cm. Series: Evergreen Books E140 Subject: PERIODICALS, FILM; ART AND THE CINEMA; SPECTATORSHIP; ANDERSON, LINDSAY; BARDEM, JUAN ANTONIO; BUNUEL, LUIS; CLEMENT, RENE; MEYERS, SIDNEY; DREYER, CARL TH.; HENNING-JENSEN, BJARNE; KAZAN, ELIA; Lean, David; SATYAJIT, RAY; RENOIR, JEAN; FLAHERTY, ROBERT; Fellini, Federico; AGEE, JAMES; ZAVATTINI, CESARE; MEKAS, JONAS; MAN OF ARAN (UK, Robert Flaherty, 1934); ALL OF MY BABIES : A MIDWIFE'S OWN STORY (US, George Stoney, 1952) ISBN: 0195018346 More info
book		A history of films / John Fell New York: Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1979. Call No: 70 FEL Author: Fell, John Source: US Place: New York Publisher: Holt, Rinehart and Winston PubDate: 1979 PhysDes: 588 p. : ill. ; 23 cm Subject: HISTORY AND THE CINEMA; PRODUCTION; ALEXANDROV, GROGORIO; ANTONIONI, MICHELANGELO; BRECHT, BERTHOLD; CAPRA, FRANK; CHAPLIN, CHARLES; DE SICA, VITTORIO; COCTEAU, JEAN; DEMILLE, CECIL B.; DREYER, CARL TH.; DISNEY, WALT; DOVZENKO, ALEKSANDR; EPSTEIN, JEAN; FELLINI, FEDERICO; FRANJU, GEORGES; LANG, FRITZ; MURNAU, FRIEDRICH WILHEL; Pasolini, Pier Paolo; PAUL, ROBERT; PORTER, EDWIN S.; PUDOVKIN, VSEVELOD; RENOIR, JEAN; RESNAIS, ALAIN; ROSSELLINI, ROBERTO; THALBERG, IRVING; TRUFFAUT, FRANCOIS; VERTOV, DZIGA; VIGO, JEAN; VISCONTI, LUCHINO; ZAVATTINI, CESARE; WELLES, ORSON; WYLER, WILLIAM; ZUKOR, ADOLPH; L'AGE D'OR (FR, Luis Bruñell, 1930); L'ATALANTE (FR, Jean Vigo, 1930); BIRTH OF A NATION, THE (US, David Wark Griffith, 1915); BALLET MÉCANIQUE (FR, Fernand Lèger && Dudley Murphy,1934); BRONENOSETS POTEMKIN [BATTLESHIP POTEMKIN] (UR, Sergei Eisenstein, 1925); CABINET OF DR. CALIGARI, THE [CABINET DES DR. CALIGARI, DAS] (G, Robert Wiene, 1920); METROPOLIS (G, Fritz Lang, 1926); SANG D'UN POETE, LE (FR, Jean Cocteau, 1932) Notes: Bibliography: p.546-548 Includes index ISBN: 0030363160 Donation: donated by the family of Wayne Levy, 2006 More info
journal article		Notes on Bicycle Thieves in Montage (1966) iss.2 p.10 Author: Husson, R. PhysDes: Article Notes Subject: LADRI DI BICICLETTE (IT, Vittorio De Sica, 1949); DE SICA, VITTORIO; ZAVATTINI, CESARE; NEOREALISM Summary: Brief points concerning the history of the director, de Sica; themes in the film, "Bicycle Thieves"; and characteristics of Neorealism. More info
book		Politics and film / [by] Leif Furhammar & Folke Isaksson; translated [from the Swedish] by Kersti French London: Studio Vista, 1971. Call No: 45:32 FUR Author: Furhammar, Leif, 1937; Isaksson, Folke, 1927-, joint author Place: London Publisher: Studio Vista PubDate: 1971 PhysDes: 3-257 p. illus. 26 cm Subject: POLITICS AND THE CINEMA; PROPAGANDA FILMS; ZAVATTINI, CESARE; MAN ON A STRING (US, Andre de Toth, 1960); CHE! (US, Richard Fleischer, 1969); EWIGE JUDE, DER (G, Fritz Hippler, 1942); OHM KRUEGER (G, Hans Steinhoff, 1941); NOVYI VAVILON (UR, Grigorij Kozincev & Leonid Trauberg, 1929); HITLERJUNGE QUEX (G, Hans Steinhoff, 1933); TRIUMPH DES WILLENS (G, Leni Riefenstahl, 1935); SPANISH EARTH, THE (US, Joris Ivens, 1937); MRS MINIVER (US, William Wyler, 1942); TORN CURTAIN (US, Alfred Hitchcock, 1966); GREEN BERETS, THE (US, Ray Kellogg & John Wayne, 1968); HITLER GANG, THE (US, John Farrow, 1944); STALINGRADSKAYA BITVA (UR, Vladimir Petrov, 1949) Notes: Rev. translation of Politik och film; Bibliography: p. 248-250 ISBN: 0289798132 LON: 616948 ID2: 127 More info

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