Humphrey Jennings (eBook)

Keith Beattie (Autor)

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2013
192 Seiten
Manchester University Press (Verlag)
978-1-84779-727-8 (ISBN)

Infos

From dramatic reflections on the Blitz to insightful examinations of post-war conditions, Jennings' startling documentary films redefined the genre. The book carefully examines and explains the central components of Jennings’ most significant films, and considers the relevance of his filmmaking to British cinema and contemporary experience.

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Humphrey Jennings has been described as the only real poet that British cinema has produced. His documentary films are remarkable records of Britain at peace and war, and his range of representational approaches transcended accepted notions of wartime propaganda and revised the strict codes of British documentary film of the 1930s and 1940s.

Poet, propagandist, surrealist and documentary filmmaker – Jennings' work embodies an outstanding mix of startling apprehension, personal expression and representational innovation. This book carefully examines and expertly explains the central components of Jennings' most significant films, and considers the relevance of his filmmaking to British cinema and contemporary experience.

Films analysed include Spare Time, Words for Battle, Listen to Britain, Fires Were Started, The Silent Village, A Diary for Timothy and Family Portrait.

Autor

Keith Beattie is a member of the Faculty of Arts and Education at Deakin University, Melbourne

Inhalt

Acknowledgements
Introduction
1. Modernity, myth, colour and collage: the early films
2. Work and leisure: *Spare Time*
3. Sound, image, and nation: *Words for Battle* and *Listen to Britain*
4. Documentary reconstruction and prognostication: *Fires Were Started* and *The Silent Village*
5. ‘What will befall Britain?: *A Diary for Timothy*
6. An ambiguous national iconography: *Family Portrait*
7. Legacies
Afterword
Filmography
References
Index

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 19.7.2013
• Reihe/Serie: British Film-Makers
• Mitarbeit: Herausgeber (Serie): Brian McFarlane, Neil Sinyard
• Verlagsort: Manchester
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Kunst / Musik / Theater ► Film / TV
• Themenwelt: Reisen ► Reiseberichte ► Nord- / Mittelamerika
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft ► Literaturwissenschaft
• Schlagworte: British Cinema • collagist narrative structures • Documentary films • dramatic re-enactment • Fires Were Started • Humphrey Jennings • Listen to Britain • spare time • Wartime propaganda • Words for Battle
• ISBN-10: 1-84779-727-X / 184779727X
• ISBN-13: 978-1-84779-727-8 / 9781847797278