Music Films

Documentaries, Concert Films and Other Cinematic Representations of Popular Music

Neil Fox (Autor)

Buch | Hardcover

280 Seiten

2024
BFI Publishing (Verlag)
978-1-83902-344-6 (ISBN)

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In Music Films, Neil Fox considers a broad range of music documentaries, delving into their cinematic style, political undertones, racial dynamics, and gender representations, in order to assess their role in the cultivation of myth.

Combining historical and critical analyses, and drawing on film and music criticism, Fox examines renowned music films such as A Hard Day's Night (1964), Dig! (2004), and Amazing Grace (2006), critically lauded works like Milford Graves Full Mantis (2018) and Mistaken for Strangers (2013), and lesser-studied films including Jazz on a Summer’s Day (1959) and Ornette: Made in America (1985). In doing so, he offers a comprehensive overview of the genre, situating these films within their wider cultural contexts and highlighting their formal and thematic innovations.

Discussions in the book span topics from concert filmmaking to music production, the music industry, touring, and filmic representations of authenticity and truth. Overall, Music Films traces the evolution of the genre, highlighting its cultural significance and connection to broader societal phenomena.

Neil Fox is Associate Professor of Film Practice and Pedagogy at Falmouth University, UK. He leads the Research & Innovation programme, Pedagogy Futures, and convenes the Sound/Image Cinema Lab. He is an award-winning screenwriter whose short films and feature debut Wilderness (2017) have played to festival audiences around the globe. He is the co-founder and host of the leading film podcast The Cinematologists, the official podcast partner of the BFI national film seasons. He is the co-editor of Podcasting: New Aural Cultures and Digital Media (2018).

Foreword by Gruff Rhys
Introduction
I Form and Feel
1. ‘What Should I Say?’ – Milestones and Innovations
2. ‘We’ll try for a groove’ – Music Making and the Careers of Musicians
II Politics and Place
3. ‘Secret Black Technologies’ – Black Music
4. ‘Wherever we are, we are’ – Place
5. ‘I just have to deal with it’ – Women
III Performativity and Performance
6. ‘Fuck continuity’ – Truth and Myth
7. ‘Walk on stage and fucking ‘ave it’ – Concert and Tour Films
Endnotes – Omissions, Alternative Histories and Further Watching
References
Filmography
Index

Erscheinungsdatum	21.05.2024
Zusatzinfo	15 bw illus
Sprache	englisch
Maße	156 x 234 mm
Themenwelt	Kunst / Musik / Theater ► Film / TV
Themenwelt	Kunst / Musik / Theater ► Musik ► Klassik / Oper / Musical
ISBN-10	1-83902-344-9 / 1839023449
ISBN-13	978-1-83902-344-6 / 9781839023446
Zustand	Neuware