Claiming the Real: The Documentary Film Revisited

by Brian Winston

Book Overview

In "Claiming the Real, Brian Winston rewrites the history of documentary film to take account of technological change. He subjects the great figures of the past--Grierson, Flaherty, Dziga-Vertov--to a searching critique, and examines both the principles and practice of the major movements in documentary such as cinema verite. He offers a revised definition of the essential difference between fiction and documentary, and identifies the ethical base...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0851704638
• ISBN13: 9780851704630
• Release Date: April 1995
• Publisher: British Film Institute
• Length: 320 Pages