Direct Cinema: Observational Documentary and the Politics of the Sixties

(Part of the Nonfictions Series)

by Dave Saunders

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Direct Cinema is the first comprehensive study of the "direct cinema" movement of 1960s America. Through the inquisitiveness of filmmakers such as Robert Drew, D.A. Pennebaker, and Frederick Wiseman--and predicated on innovations such as portable cameras and synchronized sound--direct cinema intimately documented presidential campaigns through the revelers of Woodstock and the dispossessed subjects of Wiseman's "reality fictions". This volume...

Format:Paperback

Language:English

ISBN:1905674155

ISBN13:9781905674152

Release Date:August 2007

Publisher:Wallflower Press

Length:224 Pages

Weight:1.00 lbs.

Dimensions:0.7" x 6.3" x 9.2"

Age Range:22 years and up

Grade Range:Postsecondary and higher

Related Subjects

Arts, Music & Photography Documentaries Performing Arts

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