The Conscience of Cinema : The works of Joris Ivens, 1926-1989 / Thomas Waugh.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Waugh, Thomas, 1948- author.

Contributor:

Stufkens, André, Contributor.

Nichols, Bill, Contributor.

Series:

Framing film (Amsterdam, Netherlands).

Framing Film

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Ivens, Joris, 1898-1989.

Ivens, Joris.

Documentary films--Netherlands--History and criticism.

Documentary films.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (779 pages) : illustrations;digital, PDF file(s).

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

1926-1989 /

Amsterdam : Amsterdam University Press, [2016]

Language Note:

In English.

System Details:

text file

Summary:

This is the first book to survey the entire career of Joris Ivens, a prolific documentary filmmaker who worked on every continent over the course of seven decades. More than a biography of a leftist committed to changing the world through film, The Conscience of Cinema is also a microcosmic history of the documentary and its form, culture, and place within twentieth-century world cinema. Ivens worked in almost every genre, including the essay, compilation, hybrid dramatization, socialist realism, and more. Whether in his native Netherlands, the Soviet Union, the United States, Vietnam, or beyond, he left an indelible artistic and political mark that continues to resonate in the twenty-first century.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Table of Contents

Notes to the Reader

Acknowledgments

List of Illustrations

Foreword By André Stufkens / Stufkens, André

Foreword By Bill Nichols / Nichols, Bill

Introduction

Part I

1. Ivens and the Silent Film Avant-Garde 1926-1929

2. The Radicalisation of the Poet 1929-1936

3. Anti-Fascist Solidarity Documentary

4. Projects of the Forties

Part II

5. Torn Curtain: lvens the Cold Warrior 1946-1956

6. The 'Poet' Reborn? 1956-1965

7. Southeast Asia 1966-1970 Reinventing the Solidarity Film

8. China 1971-1989

Conclusion: Qui s'arrête se trompe

Notes

Appendix: Films on Ivens

Filmography

Reference List

Index

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 711-737), filmography (pages 701-710) and index.

This eBook is made available Open Access under a CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 license: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0https://www.aup.nl/en/publish/open-access

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 08. Jul 2019)

ISBN:

1-04-118749-1

1-04-078123-3

1-003-70560-X

1-04-079756-3

9781003705604

OCLC:

1076642880