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by David Saunders

Type

Studies

Subject

Genre > Documentary

Keywords

documentary

Publishing date

2010

Publisher

Routledge

Collection

Routledge Film Guidebooks

Language

English

Relative size

Physical desc.

Paperback • 288 pages
5 x 8 inches (13 x 20 cm)

ISBN

978-0-415-47310-1

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Book Presentation:
Dave Saunders’ spirited introduction to documentary covers its history, cultural context and development, and the approaches, controversies and functions pertaining to non-fiction filmmaking. Saunders examines the many methods by which documentary conveys meaning, whilst exploring its differing societal purposes.

After a historical consideration of international documentary production, the author examines the impact of recent technological developments on the production, distribution and viewing of non-fiction. In addition, he explores the increasingly hazy distinctions between factual and dramatic formats, discussing ‘reality television’, the ‘docu-drama’, and less orthodox approaches including animated and fantastical representations of reality.

Documentary encompasses a broad range of academic discourse around non-fiction filmmaking, introducing readers to the key filmmakers, major scholars, central debates and critical ideas relating to the form. This wide-ranging guidebook features global releases from the 1920s through to 2009, and includes films such as:
- Nanook of the North (1922)
• The Man with the Movie Camera (1929)
• Night Mail (1936)
• Night and Fog (1955)
• Primary (1960)
• Roger and Me (1989)
• Tarnation (2003)
• My Winnipeg (2006)
• Sicko (2007)
• Waltz With Bashir (2008)
• Say My Name (2009)
• Anvil: The Story of Anvil (2009)

About the Author:
Dr. Dave Saunders is working on a number of research projects, the latest of which is a history of rock musicians acting in the cinema. His previous publications include Direct Cinema: Observational Documentary and the Politics of the Sixties (2007), and Arnold: Schwarzenegger and the Movies (2009).

See the publisher website: Routledge