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The Conscience of Cinema: The Works of Joris Ivens 1912-1989 (Framing Film)

By Thomas Waugh

Book information

Publisher
Amsterdam University Press
Year
2016
ISBN
9089647538, 9789089647535
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
185 MB (193468116 bytes)
Pages
780\781
Time added
2024-05-02 08:52:19

Description

This is the first book to survey the entire career of Joris Ivens, a prolific documentary filmmaker who worked on every continent over the course of seven decades. More than a biography of a leftist committed to changing the world through film, The Conscience of Cinema is also a microcosmic history of the documentary and its form, culture, and place within twentieth-century world cinema. Ivens worked in almost every genre, including the essay, compilation, hybrid dramatization, socialist realism, and more. Whether in his native Netherlands, the Soviet Union, the United States, Vietnam, or beyond, he left an indelible artistic and political mark that continues to resonate in the twenty-first century.

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