Imagining Reality: Faber Book of Documentary - Hardcover

Macdonald, Kevin; Cousins, Mark

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0571177239 ISBN 13: 9780571177233

Publisher: Faber and Faber, 1997

Synopsis

Exploring the documentary film, this book traces its development from the very first film shot by Louis Lumiere in 1895 to the last shaggy-dog story (Nick Broomfield's TV film, "Tracking Down Maggie), and the commercial success of Steve James's three-hour saga, "Hoop Dreams". The book's polemical edge challenges the documentary to reinvent itself, to spread its wings again beyond the restrictive forms of televison. Kevin Macdonald is the author of a biography of his grandfather, "Emeric Pressburger: the Life and Death of a Screenwriter".

About this title

Book Description:

Imagining Reality, by Kevin Macdonald and Mark Cousins, is the definitive work on documentary films, film-making and film-makers - required reading for experts and enthusiasts alike.

About the Author:

Kevin Macdonald is the Oscar-winning director of One Day in September, Into the Void, The Last King of Scotland, State of Play and Eagle of the Ninth. He has written a biography of his grandfather, Emeric Pressburger, and is the co-editor with Mark Cousins of Imagining Reality: The Faber Book of Documentary.

About this edition

• Publisher: Faber and Faber
• Publication date: 1997
• ISBN 10: 0571177239
• ISBN 13: 9780571177233
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 400