Documentary: A History of the Non-Fiction Film, 2nd Revised Edition

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. This pioneering book includes discussion of such recent works as From Mao to Mozart, the Atomic Cafe and the Life on Earth series. Now brought completely up to date, the new edition of this classic work on documentary films and film making 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 film making 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 Oxford University Press Front Cover 1 Title Page 5 Copyright 6 Preamble 7 Contents 9 1. Glimpse of Wonders 11 2. Images at Work 41 3. Sound and Fury 93 4. Clouded Lens 193 5. Sharp Focus 239 6. Movement 305 Acknowledgments 361 Source Notes 363 Bibliography 371 Index 387 Back Cover 411 http://www.archive.org/details/documentaryhisto00barn The inventors of cinema, who were legion, included diverse showmen, and others with interests far from showmanship. Includes bibliographical references (p. [361]-375) and index