The Essay Film: From Montaigne, After Marker

by Timothy Corrigan

Why have certain kinds of documentary and non-narrative films emerged as the most interesting, exciting, and provocative movies made in the last twenty years? Ranging from the films of Ross McElwee (Bright Leaves) and Agn s Varda (The Gleaners and I) to those of Abbas Kiarostami (Close Up) and Ari Folman (Waltz with Bashir), such films have intrigued viewers who at the same time have struggled to categorize them. Sometimes described as personal documentaries...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0199781702
• ISBN13: 9780199781706
• Release Date: August 2011
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 256 Pages
• Weight: 0.88 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.1" x 9.1"