The Philosophy of Documentary Film

by Werner Herzog, Lars Von Trier, David LaRocca

Book Overview

Perhaps nowhere in the broad expanse of types of film is the old "quarrel between philosophy and poetry" more evident--and also more vitally relevant--than in the genre or mode of film known as documentary. Documentary film is just another form of poetic imitation, in its variety of instances and complexity of fabrication, it is just as much caught up with the limitations--and effects--of mimetic art, including fiction film. This book affords a prismatic...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1498504531
• ISBN13: 9781498504539
• Release Date: October 2019
• Publisher: Lexington Books
• Length: 644 Pages
• Weight: 1.87 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 6.0" x 9.0"