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100 Documentary Films
About This Book
Documentary films constitute a major part of film history. Cinema's origins lie, arguably, more in non-fiction than fiction, and documentary represents the other - often submerged and barely visible - 'half' of cinema history. Historically, documentary cinema has always been an important point of reference for fiction cinema, and the two have often overlapped. Over the last two decades, documentary cinema has enjoyed a revival in critical and commercial success. 100 Documentary Filmsis the first book to offerconciseand authoritative individual critical commentaries on some of the key documentary films - from the LumiĂšre brothers and the beginnings ofcinema through to recent films such as Bowling for Columbine and When the Levees Broke - and is global in perspective.Many different types of documentaryare discussed, as well as films by major documentary directors, including Robert Flaherty, Humphrey Jennings, Jean Rouch, Dziga Vertov, Errol Morris, Nick Broomfieldand Michael Moore.Each entry provides concise critical analysis, while frequent cross reference to other filmsfeatured helps to place films in their historical and aesthetic contexts. Barry Keith Grant is Professor of Film Studies and Popular Culture at Brock University, Ontario, Canada.Heis the author ofFilm Genre: From Iconography to Ideology (2007), Voyages of Discovery: The Cinema of Frederick Wiseman (1992) andco-author, with Steve Blandford andJim Hillier, ofThe Film Studies Dictionary(2001). Jim Hillieris VisitingLecturer in Film at the University of Reading. He is the author of The New Hollywood (1993), the co-author ofThe Film Studies Dictionary (2001) and, with Alan Lovell, of Studies in Documentary (1972).His edited books include American Independent Cinema (2001) and two volumesof the English translation of the selected Cahiers du cinema (1985, 1986).
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Table of contents
- Cover
- Title Page
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- Ă propos de Nice, Jean Vigo, 1930
- The Act of Seeing with Oneâs Own Eyes, Stan Brakhage, 1971
- The Atomic Café, Jane Loader, Kevin Rafferty, Pierce Rafferty, 1982
- The Battle of Chile/La batalla de Chile, Patricio GuzmĂĄn, 1975â9
- Berlin: Symphony of a Great City/Berlin: Die Sinfonie der GroĂstadt, Walter Ruttmann, 1927
- Bowling for Columbine, Michael Moore, 2002
- A British Picture: Portrait of an Enfant Terrible, Ken Russell, 1989
- British Sounds, Jean-Luc Godard, Jean-Henri Roger, 1969
- Bus 174, José Padilha, 2002
- Cane Toads: An Unnatural History, Mark Lewis, 1988
- Le Chagrin et la pitiĂ©/The Sorrow and the Pity, Marcel OphĂŒls, 1969
- Chronique dâun Ă©tĂ©/Chronicle of a Summer, Jean Rouch, Edgar Morin, 1961
- Close-Up, Abbas Kiarostami, 1990
- Coal Face, Alberto Cavalcanti, 1935
- Crisis: Behind a Presidential Commitment, Robert Drew, 1963
- Daughter Rite, Michelle Citron, 1980
- David Holzmanâs Diary, Jim McBride, 1967
- Dead Birds, Robert Gardner, 1965
- A Diary for Timothy, Humphrey Jennings, 1945
- Dont Look Back, D. A. Pennebaker, 1967
- The Emperorâs Naked Army Marches On, Hara Kazuo, 1987
- Ătre et avoir, Nicolas Philibert, 2002
- The Fall of the Romanov Dynasty, Esfir Shub, 1927
- Farrebique, Georges Rouquier, 1946
- Fast, Cheap and Out of Control, Errol Morris, 1997
- For Freedom, Hossein Torabi, 1979
- Forgotten Silver, Peter Jackson, Costa Botes, 1995
- Les GlĂąneurs et la glĂąneuse/The Gleaners and I, AgnĂšs Varda, 2000
- Grey Gardens, Albert and David Maysles, Ellen Hovde, Muffie Meyer, 1975
- Grizzly Man, Werner Herzog, 2005
- Handsworth Songs, John Akomfrah, 1986
- A Happy Motherâs Day, Richard Leacock, Joyce Chopra, 1963
- Harlan County USA, Barbara Kopple, 1976
- Harvest of Shame, David Lowe, 1960
- Heidi Fleiss: Hollywood Madam, Nick Broomfield, 1995
- Hoop Dreams, Steve James, 1994
- The Hour of the Furnaces/La hora de los hornos, Octavio Getino, Fernando Ezequiel Solanas, 1968
- Housing Problems, Edgar Anstey, Arthur Elton, 1935
- Las Hurdes/Land without Bread, Luis Buñuel, 1933
- I for India, Sandhya Suri, 2005
- In the Year of the Pig, Emile de Antonio, 1968
- Jazz, Ken Burns, 2001
- Kon-Tiki, Thor Heyerdahl, 1950
- Koyaanisqatsi: Life Out of Balance, Godfrey Reggio, 1982
- Lessons in Darkness/Lektionen in Finsternis, Werner Herzog, 1992
- Let There Be Light, John Huston, 1946
- The Life and Times of Rosie the Riveter, Connie Field, 1980
- Lonely Boy, Wolf Koenig, Roman Kroitor, 1962
- Lost Lost Lost, Jonas Mekas, 1976
- LumiĂšre Programme, Louis and Auguste LumiĂšre, 1895
- Les MaĂźtres fous, Jean Rouch, 1955
- Manhatta, Charles Sheeler, Paul Strand, 1921
- Man of Aran, Robert Flaherty, 1934
- Man with a Movie Camera, Dziga Vertov, 1929
- March of the Penguins/La Marche de lâempereur, Luc Jacquet, 2005
- A Married Couple, Allan King, 1969
- Minamata, Tsuchimoto Noriaki, 1971
- My Winnipeg, Guy Maddin, 2007
- Nanook of the North, Robert Flaherty, 1922
- Native Land, Leo Hurwitz, Paul Strand, 1942
- Necrology, Standish Lawder, 1971
- New Earth/Nieuwe gronden, Joris Ivens, 1934
- News from Home, Chantal Akerman, 1976
- North Sea, Harry Watt, 1938
- Nuit et brouillard/Night and Fog, Alain Resnais, 1955
- Not a Love Story: A Film about Pornography, Bonnie Sherr Klein, 1981
- One Manâs War/La Guerre dâun seul homme, Edgardo Cozarinsky, 1982
- Paris Is Burning, Jennie Livingston, 1990
- People on Sunday/Menschen am Sonntag, Robert Siodmak, Edgar G. Ulmer, 1930
- The Plow that Broke the Plains, Pare Lorentz, 1936
- Portrait of Jason, Shirley Clarke, 1967
- Primary, Robert Drew, 1960
- Primate, Frederick Wiseman, 1974
- Les Racquetteurs/The Snowshoers, Michel Brault, Gilles Groulx, 1958
- Roger and Me, Michael Moore, 1989
- Salesman, Albert and David Maysles, Charlotte Zwerin, 1968
- Le Sang des bĂȘtes, Georges Franju, 1949
- Sans soleil/Sunless, Chris Marker, 1983
- 79 Primaveras/79 Springs, Santiago Alvarez, 1969
- Shipyard, Paul Rotha, 1935
- Shoah, Claude Lanzmann, 1985
- El sol del membrillo/The Quince Tree Sun/The Dream of Light, Victor Erice, 1992
- The Spanish Earth, Joris Ivens, 1937
- Surname Viet Given Name Nam, Trinh T. Minh-ha, 1989
- Talking Heads, Krzysztof KieĆlowski, 1980
- The Thin Blue Line, Errol Morris, 1988
- This Is Spinal Tap, Rob Reiner, 1984
- Time Indefinite, Ross McElwee, 1993
- Titicut Follies, Frederick Wiseman, 1967
- Tongues Untied, Marlon Riggs, 1990
- Triumph of the Will/Triumph des Willens, Leni Riefenstahl, 1935
- Truth or Dare, Alek Keshishian, 1991
- Turksib, Victor A. Turin, 1929
- Very Nice, Very Nice, Arthur Lipsett, 1961
- Waiting for Fidel, Michael Rubbo, 1974
- The War Game, Peter Watkins, 1965
- We Are the Lambeth Boys, Karel Reisz, 1958
- When the Levees Broke, Spike Lee, 2006
- Why We Fight 1: Prelude to War, Frank Capra, 1943
- Woodstock, Michael Wadleigh, 1970
- Zidane: A 21st Century Portrait, Douglas Gordon, Philippe Parreno, 2006
- References
- Select Bibliography
- Index
- List of Illustrations
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