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Documentary : A History of the Non-Fiction Film

ISBN: 9780195078985 | 0195078985
Edition: 2nd
Format: Paperback
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Pub. Date: 1/7/1993

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SummaryTable of ContentsAuthor Biography
Now brought completely up to date, the new edition of this classic work on documentary films and filmmaking surveys the history of the genre from 1895 to the present day. With the myriad social upheavals over the past decade, documentaries have enjoyed an international renaissance; hereBarnouw considers the medium in the light of an entirely new political and social climate. He examines as well the latest filmmaking technology, and the effects that video cassettes and cable television are having on the production of documentaries. And like the ... MORE
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Glimpse of Wonders
1(31)
Prophet
3(28)
Images at Work
31(52)
Explorer
33(18)
Reporter
51(20)
Painter
71(12)
Sound and Fury
83(100)
Advocate
85(54)
Bugler
139(33)
Prosecutor
172(11)
Clouded Lens
183(46)
Poet
185(13)
Chronicler
198(15)
Promoter
213(16)
Sharp Focus
229(66)
Observer
231(22)
Catalyst
253(9)
Guerrilla
262(33)
Movement
295(56)
Acknowledgments351(2)
Source Notes353(8)
Bibliography361(16)
Index377

Erik Barnouw, now retired, was Chief of the Library of Congress's Motion Picture, Broadcasting, and Recorded Sound Division, and long headed Columbia University's film division. His books include the prize-winning three-volume History of Broadcasting in the United States, Tube of Plenty, The Sponsor, and The Magician and the Cinema.


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