Softcover
1999 · Amsterdam
by Bakker, Kees
Amsterdam: Amsterdam University Press, 1999. Softcover. NF but art school ex-lib. copy with usual marks. Covers have been heat-sealed in plastic.. Color-photographic wraps. 320 pp. with occasional bw images. The life of Joris Ivens (1898-1989) coincides roughly with film history. His own prominent place in that history was earned by his pioneering work in the documentary film, which combined a striking aesthetic with intense personal and political involvement. This book places his life and work in the context of twentieth-century history and the development of the documentary film. Articles by film scholars, historians, former co-workers, and by Joris Ivens himself present a complex portrait of this outstanding filmmaker, illuminating the social, political, and aesthetic facets of his life and work, as well as of the documentary film in general. - from the back cover.
(Inventory #: 158642)