The British Documentary Film Movement, 1926–1946

Paul Swann (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

228 Seiten

2008
Cambridge University Press (Verlag)
978-0-521-06323-4 (ISBN)

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The most important and internationally influential development in British cinema was the documentary film movement led by John Grierson in the 1930s and 1940s. Paul Swann's study is a political and social history of this movement, which was characterized by actuality-based films made outside the commercial industry. Based upon examinations of official government records, this book provides a fascinating picture of how Grierson manipulated the civil service bureaucracy both for his own ends and, in his view, for the good of his country. The documentary movement was both a socially conscious group intent upon raising the consciousness - and consciences - of viewers, and something like a film school, providing opportunities to fledgling film-makers. Working in reaction to the escapist Hollywood films that then dominated British screens, the documentary film-makers drew upon traditions such as Soviet realism and the European avant-garde and used ordinary men and women instead of actors.

Preface; Acknowledgments; 1. Introduction: the British documentary film movement; 2. The empire marketing board film unit, 1926–1933; 3. The general post office film unit, 1933–1937; 4. The general post office film unit, 1937–1940; 5. The 'independent' documentary film, 1932–1939; 6. The British documentary film, trade propaganda, and national projection, 1926–1939; 7. The documentary movement during the war, 1939–1945; 8. Conclusion; Appendix; Notes; Bibliography; Index.

Erscheint lt. Verlag	29.5.2008
Reihe/Serie	Cambridge Studies in Film
Zusatzinfo	29 Halftones, unspecified
Verlagsort	Cambridge
Sprache	englisch
Maße	152 x 228 mm
Gewicht	353 g
Themenwelt	Kunst / Musik / Theater ► Film / TV
ISBN-10	0-521-06323-X / 052106323X
ISBN-13	978-0-521-06323-4 / 9780521063234
Zustand	Neuware