Humphrey Jennings and British documentary film : a re-assessment

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    • Logan, Philip C.

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Humphrey Jennings and British documentary film : a re-assessment

Philip C. Logan

Ashgate, c2011

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Filmography: p. [347]-354

Bibliography: p. [355]-370

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内容説明

Humphrey Jennings ranks amongst the greatest film makers of twentieth century Britain. Although a relatively unknown figure to the wider public, his war-time documentaries are regarded by many (including Lord Puttnam, Lindsay Anderson and Mike Leigh) as amongst the finest films of their time. Groundbreaking both in terms of their technique and their interest in, and respect for, the everyday experiences of ordinary people, these films are much more than mere government propaganda. Instead, Jennings work offers an unparalleled window into the British home-front, and the hopes, fears and expectations of a nation fighting for its survival. Yet until now, Jennings has remained a shadowy figure; with his life and work lacking the sustained scholarly investigation and reassessment they deserve. As such film and social historians will welcome this new book which provides an up-to-date and thorough exploration of the relationships between Jennings life, ideas and films. Arguing that Jennings's film output can be viewed as part of a coherent intellectual exercise rather than just one aspect of the artistic interests of a wide ranging intellectual, Philip Logan, paints a much fuller and more convincing picture of the man than has previously been possible. He shows for the first time exactly how Jennings's artistic expression was influenced by the fundamental intellectual, social and cultural changes that shook British society during the first decades of the twentieth century. Combining biography, social history and international artistic thought, the book offers a fascinating insight into Jennings, his work, the wider British documentary film movement and the interaction between art and propaganda. Bringing together assessments of his tragically short life and his films this book is essential reading for anyone with an interest in British cinema or the social history of Britain in the 1930s and 40s.

目次

  • Contents: Foreword
  • Part I Art and Politics: 1907a "38: An education for life: 1907a "33
  • The artist as agent: 1929a "36
  • The early GPO Film Unit,: 1934a "5
  • Colour film: 1935a "8
  • The artist as agent: 1937a "8. Part II The Documentary Film: Art, Politics and Propaganda 1938a "50: Return to the GPO Film Unit: July 1938a "September 1939
  • The phoney war: September 1939a "September 1940
  • The Blitz: September 1940a "January 1941
  • Holding on: Januarya "May 1941
  • Turning of the tide: Maya "October 1941
  • History as myth: October 1941a "July 1942
  • A brilliant idea: July 1942a "May 1943
  • A change in professional demands: May 1943a "August 1944
  • The beginning of a new era: August 1944a "May 1945
  • The last of Crown: May 1945a "December 1946
  • Wessex Films: January 1947a "May 1950
  • Postscript: Berlin's hedgehog
  • Filmography
  • Bibliography
  • Index.

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