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"Fires Were Started" (BFI Film Classics)

"Fires Were Started" (BFI Film Classics)
By Brian Winston

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This work suggests that Humphrey Jennings' re-enacted documentary about the London Blitz, "Fires Were Started" is an understated propaganda masterpiece whose documentary value, despite the reconstructions required by film technology in the 1940s, remains undimmed. The author provides a full account of exactly how Jennings recaptured the reality of the Blitz for his cumbersome camera through a process of meticulous research and extraordinary sensitivity.

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  • Amazon Sales Rank: #292167 in Books
  • Published on: 1999-09-01
  • Format: Illustrated
  • Original language: English
  • Number of items: 1
  • Binding: Paperback
  • 96 pages

Editorial Reviews

Review
"Probably the most cogently argued study of Jennings so far."--"Sight and Sound