| Description |
1 online resource (xvi, 219 pages, 6 unnumbered pages of plates) : illustrations |
| Contents |
Direct cinema and the Maysles brothers -- Celebrity and authenticity : the films of 1962-1966 -- Salesman and the limits of language -- Can we see how they look? : observing the Rolling Stones in Gimme shelter -- Working within the limitation of reality : the Christo films -- Looking into Grey Gardens -- Taking direct cinema into the 1980s |
| Summary |
Filmmakers David and Albert Maysles utilized an approach to documentary film that involved spontaneous observation of naturally occurring events. Their collaboration wrought 13 works and their style helped usher in a probing, realistic form of documentary. This is a full-length treatment of their career |
| Bibliography |
Filmography: pages 175-176 |
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 203-213) and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Maysles, David -- Criticism and interpretation
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Maysles, Albert -- Criticism and interpretation
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| SUBJECT |
Maysles, Albert fast |
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Maysles, David fast |
| Subject |
PERFORMING ARTS -- Film & Video -- Direction & Production.
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| Genre/Form |
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9780809386017 |
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0809386011 |
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0809330091 |
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9780809330096 |
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