Overview

This book uses new critical approaches to demonstrate deep affinities in these vastly different filmmakers' philosophies on film, fantasy, and reality.

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Author:   William Rothman
Publisher:   State University of New York Press
Imprint:   State University of New York Press
Dimensions:   Width: 15.20cm , Height: 2.50cm , Length: 22.90cm
Weight:   0.354kg
ISBN:  

9781438425023

ISBN 10:   1438425023
Pages:   252
Publication Date:   10 March 2009
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Tertiary & Higher Education
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

Introduction William Rothman Part 1. Errol Morris: The Fog of Film 1. Errol Morris's Irony Gilberto Perez 2. Errol Morris's Forms of Control Ira Jaffe 3. The Philosophy of Errol Morris: Ten Lessons Carl Plantinga Part 2. Ross McElwee: I Film Therefore I Am 4. Coincidence in Ross McElwee's Documentaries Diane Stevenson 5. Reflections on Bright Leaves Marian Keane 6. Drifting in Time: Ross McElwee's Time Indefinite Jim Lane 7. Surprise and Pain, Writing and Film Charles Warren 8. Sometimes Daddies Don't Talk about Things like That William Rothman Part 3. Jean Rouch: The Filmmaker as Provocateur 9. Jean Rouch and the Power of the Between Paul Stoller 10. The Pause of the World Daniel Morgan 11. Jean Rouch's Les maitres fous: Documentary of Seduction, Seduction of Documentary Alan Cholodenko 12. Petit a Petit and The Lion Hunters Michael Laramee 13. Jean Rouch as Film Artist: Tourou and Bitti,The Old Anai, Ambara Dama William Rothman Works Cited List of Contributors Index

Reviews

Rothman's contributors ... all bring fruitful perspectives to bear on their subjects. The pieces vary widely in focus and approach, but the collection is solid and provocative. - CHOICE The force and virtue of this book can be found in the interstices between and among three vastly different auteurs, styles, subjects, and cinematic dispositions. It will cause readers to think of documentary along new and unforeseen paths of inquiry. - Tom Conley, author of Cartographic Cinema

Author Information

William Rothman is Professor of Motion Pictures and Director of the Graduate Program in Film Studies at the University of Miami. He is the author of several books, including Documentary Film Classics and Hitchcock: The Murderous Gaze, and also the editor of several volumes, including Cavell on Film, also published by SUNY Press, and Jean Rouch: A Celebration of Life and Film.

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