The documentary film movement : an anthology /: an anthology. ([2020?])

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Edited and introduced by Ian Aitken.
• Other Names: Aitken, Ian
• Contents: 1. Introduction: John Grierson and the documentary film movement 1989-1972 -- The films of the documentary film movement -- The historical context of the documentary film movement -- Grierson's theory of documentary film -- The critical debates on the documentary film movement -- 2. John Grierson (1898-1972) -- Commentary -- English cinema production and the naturalistic tradition (1927) -- The character of an ultimate synthesis (1922) -- Untitled lecture on documentary (1927-33) -- Drifters (1929) -- First principles of documentary (1932) -- Education and the new order (1941) -- The documentary idea (1942) -- Preface to Paul Rotha's Documentary Film (1952) -- Art and revolution (1966) -- Answers to a Cambridge questionnaire (1967) -- I remember, I remember (1970) -- 3. Paul Rotha (1907-84) -- Commentary -- Afterthought (1972) -- Films and the Labour Party (1936) -- 4. Alberto Cavalcanti (1897-1982) -- Commentary -- Cavalcanti in England (1975) -- The evolution of cinematography in France (1936) -- The British contribution (1952) -- 5. Humphrey Jennings (1907-50) -- Commentary -- Listen to Britain (1942) -- The English (1948) -- Surrealism (1936) -- Introduction to Pandaemonium (c. 1948) -- 6. Basil Wright (1907-87) -- Commentary -- Documentary today (1947) -- Interview with Ian Aitken (1987).
• Publisher Details: Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press
• Publication Date: 2020
• Copyright Date: 1998
• Extent: 1 online resource (x, 261 pages), illustrations (black and white)
• Subjects: 070.18; Documentary films -- Great Britain -- History and criticism; PERFORMING ARTS / Film & Video / General; Documentary films; Dokumentarfilm; Documentaires; Filmregisseurs; Great Britain; Großbritannien; Electronic books; Criticism, interpretation, etc
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9780748672974; 0748672974
• Related ISBNs: 0748609709; 9780748609703; 0748609482; 9780748609482
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references (pages 253-258) and index.
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