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Grierson: On Documentary

2008-04-22 18:55:00 by Pacze Moj in Critical Culture
 
...documentary cinema and its uses. Postwar neorealism? From Hollywood Quarterly (January 1946 Postwar Patterns by John Grierson The possibilities of the documentary film have been defined and speculated upon a thousand times over, for years past. I am not going over the old ground, and for a very simple reason. The documentary must be...
 
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The Polish Documentary Movement 1947-60

2008-05-12 22:42:17 by Michael Brooke in Kinoblog
 
...documentary movement 1947-60 - Ive deleted some scene-setting preamble that was only relevant to that particular audience, but otherwise this is pretty much verbatim One thing that becomes very clear very quickly when one starts to delve into the subject is that the history of the Polish documentary is incredibly rich and complex - in fact,...
 
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NEW DVD DOCUMENTARY ON LEGENDARY MOVIE POSTER ARTIST ROBERT MCGINNIS

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2008-05-13 13:27:00 by Cinema Retro in Celebrating Films of the 1960s & 1970s
...DOCUMENTARY TRIBUTE TO ROBERT MCGINNIS, ONE OF THE GREATEST CONTEMPORARY ARTISTS. WE ASKED THE FILM'S PRODUCER, PAUL JILBERT, TO PROVIDE OUR READERS WITH THE BACKGROUND STORY Robert McGinnis: Painting the Last Rose of Summer A new documentary on the life and work of one of the greatest contemporary artists - and a legend in the field of...
 
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"YOU MUST REMEMBER THIS: THE WARNER BROS. STORY"- MAJOR DOCUMENTARY TO AIR IN SEPTEMBER; CONCERT TO BE HELD AT HOLLYWOOD BOWL AUGUST 31

2008-05-27 22:38:00 by Cinema Retro in Celebrating Films of the 1960s & 1970s
 
...Documentary is Centerpiece of Warner Home Videos Year- L ong Celebration of Studios 85th Anniversary Directed by Richard Schickel, Narrated by Clint Eastwood and Produced in Partnership with PBS American Masters, Comprehensive Five-part Work Documents Studios Storied History from Rin Tin Tin to Harry Potter MORE THAN 50 RESTORED WARNER BROS....
 
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TCM PREMIERES "VAL LEWTON: THE MAN IN THE SHADOWS" DOCUMENTARY

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2008-01-13 18:07:00 by Cinema Retro in Celebrating Films of the 1960s & 1970s
...documentary, Val Lewton: The Man in the Shadows and we found it to be one of the most unique and informative documentaries about a filmmaker that we've ever seen. The tribute is a collaboration between Martin Scorsese and writer/director Kent Jones. I confess to not having had much knowledge of Lewton, so the documentary was very revealing...
 
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New Documentary Awards Launched in Response to Oscar's Lousy Process

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2008-01-07 00:00:00 by Eric D. Snider in Cinematical
...Documentary , Independent , Awards , Cinematical Indie The way the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences chooses nominees for the documentary category at the Oscars has always seemed weird to me. First there's a screening committee within the AMPAS' documentary branch, and they watch all the eligible films, choosing a shortlist of 15....
 
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Oscar Nominated Documentary Shorts

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2008-01-30 17:00:00 by NATHANIEL R in Film Experience Blog
...documentary) but this year I've seen but one from the Live Action division: the humorous Italian entry The Substitute which is about a very wild teacher who causes chaos in a high school classroom one day (screened at the IIFF ). So I'm turning this report over to Brian Darr who writes the informative Hell on Frisco Bay blog (which focuses on...
 
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CANNES REPORT: RICHARD SCHICKEL DISCUSSES "YOU MUST REMEMBER THIS: THE WARNER BROS. STORY" DOCUMENTARY

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2008-05-28 02:40:00 by Cinema Retro in Celebrating Films of the 1960s & 1970s
...documentary producer/writer/director Richard Schickel for the official Cannes Film Festival press kick-off of his five hour history of Warner Brothers, You Must Remember This: The Warner Brothers Story. The documentary, for which Clint Eastwood is executive producer, will be broadcast this September on TV and a 550 page coffee table companion...
 
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Documentary Reenactment

2008-08-22 09:07:00 by Chris Cagle in Category D: A Film and Media Studies Blog
 
...documentary studies, I thought I'd give a quick pointer to Jonathan Kahana's latest post at the Columbia University Press blog, on the topic of documentary reenactment. It's a response to Man on Wire a nd Errol Morris. I particularly appreciated Kahana's point that "A major artistic and pedagogical device in documentary for most of its...