Shadows of Progress
Documentary Film in Post-War Britain
Britain emerged from war a changed country, facing new social, industrial and cultural challenges. Its documentary film tradition - established in the 1930s and 1940s around legendary figures such as Grierson, Rotha and Jennings - continued evolving, utilising technical advances, displaying robust aesthetic concerns, and benefiting from the entry into the industry of wealthy commercial sponsors. Thousands of films were seen by millions worldwide. Received wisdom has been that British documentary went into swift decline after the war, resurrected only by Free Cinema and the arrival of television documentary. Shadows of Progress demolishes thes…
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Produktdetails
- ISBN: 978-1-84457-322-6
- EAN: 9781844573226
- Produktnummer: 9032783
- Verlag: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2010
- Seitenangabe: 384 S.
- Masse: H18.0 cm x B24.1 cm x D3.6 cm 1'036 g
- Abbildungen: 384 p.
- Gewicht: 1036
- Sonstiges: Tertiary Education (US: College)
Über den Autor
PATRICK RUSSELL is Senior Curator (Non-Fiction), BFI National Archive, UK. He is the author of 100 British Documentaries (2007) and co-editor of The Lost World of Mitchell and Kenyon (2004) and a regular contributor to BFI Screenonline. JAMES PIERS TAYLOR is an independent curator and film historian. He has worked previously in several film archives, including those of the BBC, the BFI, the Imperial War Museum, ITN, ITV and Reuters.
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