Documentary: A History of the Non-Fiction Film
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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; here Barnouw 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 is filled 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 reality accessible and understandable to all film lovers.
Publisher : Oxford University Press; 2nd Revised edition (January 7, 1993)
Language : English
Paperback : 416 pages
ISBN-10 : 0195078985
ISBN-13 : 978-0195078985
Item Weight : 15.1 ounces
Dimensions : 7.99 x 5.24 x 0.84 inches
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Richard Boardman –
A classic history of the form
I teach documentary film production at a university and use it as a text. It’s the same book we used when I took documentary in grad school 40 years ago. It is still the definitive history of the form.
Nikica Gilic –
ESSENTIAL READING
As far as cinema studies goes,this is one of the classics; full of valuable information, reliable interpretations and insightfull comments.If you’re nterested in the numerous facets of documentaries, you could do much worse than start with Barnouw’s seminal book.Also, this is a very good example of great academic writing: clever but intriguing (granted, it’s easier to write like that in writing history than theory, but nevertheless, you’ll probably read this book with great pleasure).Highly recommended!
Merry Horenberger –
Old book still relevant
Book I read some 15 years ago for documentary class.And I remembered it and was impressed with it’s honestappraisal of the war movies, especially the ones that were exaggerations, half truths or edited before they could be shown. Interestinginformation.
Mary –
Great
Bought used came like new!
Johnny D –
good read – both in and out of classroom
I came across this book as a requirement for a class. Not knowing much – if anything – about documentary I found it to be a good read …. nice, concise history of the genre, lots of good information.I enjoyed reading it so much, when class was over – I did not sell it back.good introduction to the documentary genre !
Bunuel –
The best history of documentary ever written!
Excellent and very readable history of documentary written before the Post-Modern insanity!
R C R –
Five Stars
Must read for anyone interested in documentary. This is THE documentary book.
Earthling –
BEST BOOK ON DOCUMENTARY AND NON-FICITON FILM
BEST BOOK ON DOCUMENTARY AND NON-FICTION FILMS EVER!
teresa lavina –
I love it
Merlina –
Ottimo inizio per chi vuole approcciarsi alla storia del documentario, Barnow scrive in maniera semplice e comprensibile anche per chi, come me, non è madrelingua.
Kindle Customer –
Very dense.
Zoi –
VERY VERY GOOD!
Antony Thomas –
I really appreciated the ease with which I could secure a book that is out-of-print through Amazon