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Zusatztext Probably the most cogently argued study of Jennings so far. Informationen zum Autor Brian Winston is Head of the School of Communications at the University of Westminster! UK. He has a US Emmy for documentary scriptwriting and has written a history of the documentary tradition! Claiming the Real (BFI! 1995). This work suggests that Humphrey Jennings' re-enacted documentary about the London Blitz, "Fires Were Started" is an understated propaganda masterpiece whose documentary value, despite the reconstructions required by film technology in the 1940s, remains undimmed. The author provides a full account of exactly how Jennings recaptured the reality of the Blitz for his cumbersome camera through a process of meticulous research and extraordinary sensitivity. Zusammenfassung This work suggests that Humphrey Jennings' re-enacted documentary about the London Blitz! "Fires Were Started" is an understated propaganda masterpiece whose documentary value! despite the reconstructions required by film technology in the 1940s! remains undimmed. Inhaltsverzeichnis Acknowledgments1. 'A Fresh and Loving Eye'2. 'An Intellectual Artist'3. 'The Simplest of Pictures'4. 'The Idea of Connection'5. 'Films of Britain at War'6. 'This Is What We Were Like - The Best Of Us'7. 'The Past with the Present'8. 'Jennings' Films Are All Documentaries'9. 'The Murky and Undecided Realities of Today'Appendix: 'Only Connect: Some Aspects of the Work of Humphrey Jennings' by Lindsay AndersonNotesCreditsBibliography
