02736nam 2200589 a 450 991046566140332120210530054135.01-78170-183-01-84779-268-5(CKB)2560000000085711(EBL)1069626(OCoLC)818847380(SSID)ssj0000712783(PQKBManifestationID)12305434(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000712783(PQKBWorkID)10650458(PQKB)11747136(StDuBDS)EDZ0000085700(MiAaPQ)EBC1069626(Au-PeEL)EBL1069626(CaPaEBR)ebr10623313(CaONFJC)MIL843799(EXLCZ)99256000000008571120101217d2010 uy 0engurcn|||||||||txtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierHumphrey Jennings /Keith BeattieManchester, U.K. ;New York Manchester University Press ;New York Distributed exclusively in the USA by Palgrave Macmillan20101 online resource (184 p.)British film makersDescription based upon print version of record.1-84779-727-X 0-7190-7855-5 Includes bibliographical references and index.Includes filmography (p. [145]-153).Modernity, myth, colour and collage : the early films -- Work and leisure : Spare time -- Sound, image and nation : Words for battle and Listen to Britain -- Documentary reconstruction and prognostication : Fires were started and The silent village -- "What will befall Britain?" : A diary for Timothy -- An ambiguous national iconography : Family portrait -- Legacies.Humphrey Jennings has been described as the only real poet that British cinema has produced. His documentary films are remarkable records of Britain at peace and war, and his range of representational approaches transcended accepted notions of wartime propaganda and revised the strict codes of British documentary film of the 1930's and 1940's. Poet, propagandist, surrealist and documentary film maker - Jennings' work embodies an outstanding mix of startling apprehension, personal expression and representational innovation. This book carefully examines and expertly explains the central componentsBritish film makers.Electronic books.791.43023092Beattie Keith956849MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQAuAdUSABOOK9910465661403321Humphrey Jennings2167196UNINA