| Description |
1 online resource (xiv, 289 pages) |
| Contents |
Background -- Beginnings -- Discovering Life -- The seeds of revolution -- At Harvard -- Returning to Life -- Other voices-Richard Leacock -- Getting equipped -- Other voices-Donn Alan Pennebaker -- The primary experience -- Discovering Eddie -- Other voices-Gregory Shuker -- The ABC connection, 1 -- Drew Associates, 1 -- The ABC connection, 2 -- Drew associates, 2 -- Breaking the connection -- The living camera -- The critics -- Drew associates, 3 -- Drew and cinema verite-today -- Afterword -- Appendixes: A. Comments by Robert Drew and Richard Leacock -- B. Filmography: Robert Drew -- C. Summary of awards: Drew associates |
| Summary |
Author P.J. O'Connell traces Robert Drew's influence on cinema verite through extensive interviews with Drew and with some of the founding fathers of American cinema verite filmmaking-Donn Alan Pennebaker, Gregory Shuker, and Richard Leacock. Robert Drew's contributions to documentary film have been both technical and conceptual. Realizing that his equipment was too heavy and intrusive, Drew persuaded Time-Life Broadcasting to sponsor the development of new, lightweight, portable synchronous sound equipment that freed documentary filmmakers from the bulky, tripod-moun |
| Notes |
Originally published: Southern Illinois University Press, 1992 |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 253-280), filmography (p. 239-249) , and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Drew, Robert, 1924-2014 -- Criticism and interpretation
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| SUBJECT |
Drew, Robert, 1924-2014 fast |
| Subject |
Documentary films -- United States -- History and criticism
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Documentary films.
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LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES -- Journalism.
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Documentary films
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Cinema-vérité.
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United States
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| Genre/Form |
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9780809386109 |
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0809386100 |
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1280696869 |
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9781280696862 |
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0809329867 |
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9780809329861 |
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