Sublimity of Document - Cinema As Diorama

The Sublimity of Document: Cinema as Diorama is a collection of in-depth, substantive interviews with filmmakers devoted to documenting places and events that most of us never get to see-often, places and events that have considerable influence on our lives.

About the author

Scott MacDonald is author of the oral history series, A Critical Cinema: Interviews with Independent Filmmakers and of Avant-Doc: Intersections of documentary and Avant-Garde Cinema (Oxford, 2015). He has taught film history since 1970, most recently, at Bard College, Harvard University, and at Hamilton College.

Summary

The Sublimity of Document: Cinema as Diorama is a collection of in-depth, substantive interviews with filmmakers devoted to documenting places and events that most of us never get to see-often, places and events that have considerable influence on our lives.

Additional text

With this, his seventh collection of interviews with avant-garde and documentary filmmakers, Scott MacDonald proves himself an axiom of cinema. His achievement is astonishing.

Product details

• Authors: Scott Macdonald, Scott (Professor of Art History Macdonald, MacDonald Scott
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 30.09.2019
• EAN: 9780190052126
• ISBN: 978-0-19-005212-6
• No. of pages: 504
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Art > Theatre, ballet; Filmproduktion: Produktionstechniken, PERFORMING ARTS / Film & Video / Direction & Production, PERFORMING ARTS / Film & Video / History & Criticism, Pop Arts / Pop Culture, PERFORMING ARTS / Film / History & Criticism, Individual Film Directors, Film-Makers, PERFORMING ARTS / Film / Direction & Production, Film production: technical & background skills, Film Theory & Criticism, Film history, theory or criticism, Filmmaking and production: technical and background skills