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Dziga Vertov: Defining Documentary Film
Jeremy Hicks
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Hardback. Pioneer of political documentary and inventor of cinema verite, Dziga Vertov has exerted a decisive influence on directors from Eisenstein to Godard. This book covers the whole of Vertov's career, reveals him to be an auteur, allowing readers to combine the familiar and less familiar aspects of his filmmaking and thinking in a cohesive narrative. Series: KINO: The Russian Cinema Series. Num Pages: 224 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: APFB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 134 x 22. Weight in Grams: 363.
Pioneer of political documentary and inventor of cinema verite, Dziga Vertov has exerted a decisive influence on directors from Eisenstein to Godard. Yet his reputation long rested upon a lone masterpiece, 'Man with a Movie Camera'. Recently, however Vertov has begun to be recognised as the creator of a body of innovative and distinct films and, as Jeremy Hicks argues, documentary as we know it today is unthinkable without the rediscovery of Vertov. This, the first book in English to cover the whole of Vertov's career, reveals him to be an auteur, allowing readers to combine the familiar and less ... Read more
Pioneer of political documentary and inventor of cinema verite, Dziga Vertov has exerted a decisive influence on directors from Eisenstein to Godard. Yet his reputation long rested upon a lone masterpiece, 'Man with a Movie Camera'. Recently, however Vertov has begun to be recognised as the creator of a body of innovative and distinct films and, as Jeremy Hicks argues, documentary as we know it today is unthinkable without the rediscovery of Vertov. This, the first book in English to cover the whole of Vertov's career, reveals him to be an auteur, allowing readers to combine the familiar and less ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Series
KINO: The Russian Cinema Series
Condition
New
Number of Pages
208
Place of Publication
, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781845113766
SKU
V9781845113766
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About Jeremy Hicks
Lecturer in Russian at Queen Mary, University of London. His publications include 'Mikhail Zoshchenko and the Poetics of Skaz', a translation of Zoshchenko's short stories, and articles about Russian film.
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