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D. A. Pennebaker
Interviews
Edited by Keith Beattie and Trent Griffiths
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This wide-ranging and insightful collection of interviews with D. A. Pennebaker (1925–2019) spans the prolific career of this pioneer of observational cinema. From the 1950s, Pennebaker made documentary films that revealed the world of politics, celebrity culture, and the music industry. Following his early collaborations with Robert Drew on a number of works for television, his feature-length portrait of Bob Dylan on tour in England in 1965 (the landmark film Dont Look Back) established so-called direct cinema as a form capable of achieving broad theatrical release. With Monterey Pop, Pennebaker inaugurated the popular mode of rock concert film (or “rockumentary”), a style of filmmaking he expanded on through a number of films, including Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars and Depeche Mode: 101.
Pennebaker always regarded collaboration as an integral part of his filmmaking methods. His long-running collaboration with Richard Leacock and subsequently his work with Chris Hegedus enriched his approach and, in the process, instituted collaboration as a working practice integral to American direct cinema. His other collaborations, particularly those with Jean-Luc Godard and Norman Mailer, resulted in innovative combinations of observational techniques and fictional aesthetics. Such films as The War Room, which was about the 1992 Democratic primaries and was nominated for an Academy Award, and the 2009 Kings of Pastry continue to explore the capacities of observational documentary. In 2012 Pennebaker was the first documentary filmmaker to be awarded an Academy Honorary Award by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.
About the authors:
Keith Beattie is a member of the Faculty of Arts and Education of Deakin University, Melbourne. He is editor of Albert and David Maysles: Interviews and coeditor (with Trent Griffiths) of D. A. Pennebaker: Interviews, both published by University Press of Mississippi.Trent Griffiths is a lecturer in the School of Communication and Creative Arts at Deakin University. He has published on documentary film.
See the publisher website: University Press of Mississippi
See the complete filmography of D.A. Pennebaker on the website: IMDB ...
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