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Voyages of Discovery is the definitive account of Frederick Wiseman's career, offering a comprehensive analysis of the work of the leading documentary filmmaker in the United States. In this updated edition, Barry Keith Grant adds new material exploring the documentarian's works since the 1990s.
Table des matières
Acknowledgments
Preface
Introduction
1. Man with a Movie Camera
2. American Madness: Titicut Follies (1967), High School (1968), Law and Order (1969), Hospital (1970), Juvenile Court (1974), Welfare (1975)
3. The Big Parade: Basic Training (1971), Manoeuvre (1979), Missile (1988)
4. Blood of the Beasts: Primate (1974), Meat (1976), Racetrack (1985), Zoo (1993)
5. When Worlds Collide: Canal Zone (1977), Sinai Field Mission (1978), Model (1980), The Store (1983)
6. The Bad and the Beautiful: The Cool World (1963), Seraphita’s Diary (1982)
7. You and Me: Essene (1972), Blind (1987), Deaf (1987), Adjustment and Work (1987), Multi-Handicapped (1987), Aspen (1991)
8. Love and Death: Near Death (1989)
9. The Never-Ending Story: High School II (1994), Public Housing (1997), Domestic Violence (2001), Domestic Violence 2 (2002)
10. Playtime: Ballet (1995), La Comédie-Française, ou L’amour joué (1996), The Last Letter (2002), La Danse—Le Ballet de l’Opéra de Paris (2009), Boxing Gym (2010), Crazy Horse (2011), National Gallery (2014), A Couple (2022)
11. Our Town: Central Park (1989), Belfast, Maine (1999), State Legislature (2007), At Berkeley (2013), In Jackson Heights (2015), EX-LIBRIS: The New York Public Library (2017), Monrovia, Indiana (2018), City Hall (2020)
Filmography
Individual Awards
Retrospective Screenings
Notes
Bibliography
Index
A propos de l'auteur
Barry Keith Grant is professor emeritus of film studies and popular culture at Brock University. His many books include Film Genre: From Iconography to Ideology (Wallflower, 2007) and, most recently, 100 American Horror Films (2022).
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Voyages of Discovery is the definitive account of Frederick Wiseman’s career, offering a comprehensive analysis of the work of the leading documentary filmmaker in the United States. In this updated edition, Barry Keith Grant adds new material exploring the documentarian’s works since the 1990s.
