Product Description

Oscar-winning documentary-maker Kevin Macdonald ("One Day in September", "Touching the Void") and leading broadcaster/historian Mark Cousins ("The Story of Film") offer an expanded, revised edition of their 'definitive, inspirational' (Independent) compendium on the roots and history of the documentary film. "Imagining Reality" celebrates documentary as a vibrant, polemical, experimental and entertaining form, by gathering a wide-ranging collection of writings by and about such groundbreaking documentary-makers as Vertov, Flaherty, Marcel Ophuls, Chris Marker, Kieslowski, Claude Lanzmann and Nick Broomfield. The story is carried up to date by attention to the success documentaries have had among mainstream movie audiences in recent years, including Michael Moore's "Bowling For Columbine" and "Fahrenheit 9/11", "The Buena Vista Social Club", "Capturing the Friedmans", "Etre Et Avoir", "The Fog Of War" and "Super Size Me".

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #196280 in Books
• Published on: 2005-09
• Original language: English
• Binding: Paperback
• 452 pages

Customer Reviews

Excellent Critical Reader for Documentary Film
This is an excellent collection of critical essays, reviews, etc. all related to documentary film. I would recommend it to any filmmaker or to anyone interested in understanding documentary and its various modes of expression. The writing is varied and accessible and covers most of the history of documentary film.