Philip C Logan

Humphrey Jennings and British Documentary Film

A Re-assessment

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Produktbeschreibung

During a short career between 1939 and 1950, Humphrey Jennings produced a number of outstanding films documenting everyday life in Britain. In this new book, Philip Logan offers a thorough reassessment of Jennings's intellectual background and the factors that informed his life. Through an understanding of the historical context within which Jennings's films were produced and directed Logan suggests we can begin to much better understand the propaganda messages that inform them, and thus gain a fuller insight into the nature, character and purpose of the films he produced for the British war effort.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 400
• Erscheinungstermin: 28. Mai 2011
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 156mm x 22mm
• Gewicht: 735g
• ISBN-13: 9780754667261
• ISBN-10: 075466726X
• Artikelnr.: 44974338

Autorenporträt

Phillip C. Logan Independent Scholar

Inhaltsangabe

Part I Art and Politics: 1907-38
Chapter 1 An Education for Life
Chapter 2 The Artist as Agent
Chapter 3 The Early GPO Film Unit
Chapter 4 Colour Film
Chapter 5 The Artist as Agent
Part II The Documentary Film: Art, Politics and Propaganda 1938-50
Chapter 6 Return to the GPO Film Unit
Chapter 7 The Phoney War
Chapter 8 The Blitz
Chapter 9 Holding On
Chapter 10 Turning of the Tide
Chapter 11 History as Myth
Chapter 12 A Brilliant Idea
Chapter 13 A Change in Professional Demands
Chapter 14 The Beginning of a New Era
Chapter 15 The Last of Crown
Chapter 16 Wessex Films
Chapter 101 Postscript
Chapter 102 Filmography