The Documentary Film Movement

An Anthology

Buch | Softcover

224 Seiten

1998
Edinburgh University Press (Verlag)
978-0-7486-0948-2 (ISBN)

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This book is the first to bring together the most important material by and on the documentary film movement which has laid the foundations of British national film culture. It includes generous selections from the work of John Grierson as well as writings by Paul Rotha, Humphrey Jennings, Alberto Cavalcanti and Basil Wright. Each section is accompanied by short commentaries. A full introduction examines the historical development of the documentary film movement between 1927 and 1950, the types of films made by the movement, its relationship to other British film genres and to contemporary debates on British national cinema. An accessible, comprehensive and illuminating source book for courses on Documentary Film and the History of British Cinema.

Ian Aitken was a chair professor, and is now an Emeritus Professor, affiliated to Hong Kong Baptist University. His areas of expertise lie in British documentary film studies, the British official film in South-East Asia, and theories of cinematic realism. His most recent book publications include Cinematic Realism (2020), The Major Realist Film Theorists (ed.), The British Official Film in South-East Asia (2016), and The Colonial Documentary Film in South and South-East Asia (2016).

Erscheint lt. Verlag	20.7.1998
Verlagsort	Edinburgh
Sprache	englisch
Maße	156 x 234 mm
Gewicht	669 g
Themenwelt	Kunst / Musik / Theater ► Film / TV
ISBN-10	0-7486-0948-2 / 0748609482
ISBN-13	978-0-7486-0948-2 / 9780748609482
Zustand	Neuware