Softcover
1974 · Cambridge, MA and London
by Mamber, Stephen
Cambridge, MA and London: The MIT Press, 1974. Softcover. G+/G. Edge wear to dust jacket, rips and tape along back cover; foxing on inside of jacket. Foxing to cloth. Foxing along page edges, though contents are mostly clear.. Gray cloth with black lettering on spine. BW dust jacket with white lettering. [vi] 288 pp. Some BW plates and illustrations. This book "explores the origins of this approach and through a detailed examination of the work of its major American practitioners seeks to reveal the assumptions behind uncontrolled documentaries and the issues raised by this kind of filmmaking. The book consists mainly of film-by-film studies (illustrated with more than 60 still photographs representing each filmmaker) of the work of Drew Associates, The Maysles Brothers, D.A. Pennebaker, Richard Leacock, and Frederick Wiseman." - dj flap.
(Inventory #: 171462)