The direct cinema of David and Albert Maysles [electronic resource] / Jonathan B. Vogels.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Vogels, Jonathan B., 1965-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Motion picture producers and directors.

Maysles, David.

Maysles, Albert.

Maysles, David--Criticism and interpretation.

Maysles, Albert--Criticism and interpretation.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (246 p.)

Place of Publication:

Carbondale [Ill.] : Southern Illinois University Press, c2005.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Boldly signifying the cultural issues of the 1960's and 1970's in groundbreaking pieces such as Grey Gardens, Gimme Shelter, and Showman, filmmakers and brothers David and Albert Maysles used an approach to documentary film that involved spontaneous observation of naturally occurring events. With no rehearsed footage and no preconceived plots, their revolutionary work eschewed the authoritative voice-over narrator, didactic scripts, and the traditional problem-and-solution format used by the majority of their predecessors in the genre and duly influenced sub

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.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Filmography: p. 175-176.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 203-213) and index.

ISBN:

1-280-69760-1

9786613674562

0-8093-8601-1

OCLC:

733337515