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Cinéma vérité : defining the moment / a National Film Board/Office National du Film production ; directed by Peter Wintonick ; produced by Adam Symansky, Eric Michel ; associate producer, researcher, narration written by Kirwan Cox.
LIBRA DVD/PAL 005 725
Available from offsite location
- Format:
- Government document
- Video
- Language:
- English
- French
- Subjects (All):
- Documentary films--History.
- Documentary films.
- Documentary films--Canada.
- Documentary films--Production and direction.
- Cinéma vérité.
- Motion pictures, Canadian.
- History.
- Canada.
- Genre:
- Feature films.
- Documentary films.
- Motion pictures, Canadian.
- Video recordings.
- Physical Description:
- 1 videorecording (105 min.) : sound, color, with black and white sequences ; 4 3/4 in.
- Edition:
- Widescreen.
- Other Title:
- Defining the moment
- Place of Publication:
- Ramsey, Isle of Man : Beckmann Visual Publishing, 2006.
- Language Note:
- Soundtrack in English, with some French subtitled in English.
- System Details:
- DVD, PAL, region 0; Dolby Digital; Dolby surround.
- digital
- optical
- surround
- Dolby
- PAL
- video file
- DVD video
- Summary:
- Direct cinema movement of the 1950s and 1960s driven by a group of rebel filmmakers tired of stilted documentaries who wanted to show life as it really is. Includes excerpts from vérité classics and interviews and portrayals of important contributors such as Leacock, Wiseman, Maysles, Pennebaker, Reisz and others.
- Credits:
- Camera, Francis Miquet; editors, Marlo Miazga, Peter Wintonick; music composed by Jimmy James.
- Notes:
- Videodisc release of the documentary motion picture produced in 1999.
- OCLC:
- 70174405
- Publisher Number:
- 502060900534
- BDV010 Beckmann Visual Publishing
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