Documentary A History of the Non-Fiction Film

by Barnouw, Erik

• ISBN13: 9780195078985
• ISBN10: 0195078985
• Edition: 2nd
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1993-01-07
• Publisher: Oxford University Press

Summary

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 previous editions, Documentary isfilled with photographs, many of them rare, collected during the author's travels around the world. Covering the full course of the documentary from Louis Lumiere's first effort to recent landmark productions such as Shoah, this book makes the growing importance of a unique blend of art and realityaccessible and understandable to all film lovers.

Author Biography

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.

Table of Contents

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)
Acknowledgments	351	(2)
Source Notes	353	(8)
Bibliography	361	(16)
Index	377