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- Publication Name
- Voyages of Discovery
- Title
- Voyages of Discovery
- Subtitle
- The Cinema of Frederick Wiseman
- ISBN-10
- 0231206232
- EAN
- 9780231206235
- ISBN
- 9780231206235
- Edition
- revised and expanded edition
- Release Date
- 05/16/2023
- Release Year
- 2023
- Country/Region of Manufacture
- US
- Series
- Nonfictions
- Book Title
- Voyages of Discovery : the Cinema of Frederick Wiseman
- Book Series
- Nonfictions Ser.
- Item Length
- 9 in
- Publisher
- WallFlower Press
- Publication Year
- 2023
- Format
- Trade Paperback
- Language
- English
- Illustrator
- Yes
- Item Height
- 0.8 in
- Genre
- Performing Arts
- Topic
- Film / Genres / Documentary, Film / Direction & Production, Film / History & Criticism
- Item Width
- 6 in
- Item Weight
- 20 oz
- Number of Pages
- 400 Pages
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Voyages of Discovery is the definitive account of Frederick Wiseman's career, offering a comprehensive analysis of the work of the leading documentary filmmaker in the United States. In this updated edition, Barry Keith Grant adds new material exploring the documentarian's works since the 1990s.
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Publisher
WallFlower Press
ISBN-10
0231206232
ISBN-13
9780231206235
eBay Product ID (ePID)
5058372385
Product Key Features
Book Title
Voyages of Discovery : the Cinema of Frederick Wiseman
Format
Trade Paperback
Language
English
Topic
Film / Genres / Documentary, Film / Direction & Production, Film / History & Criticism
Publication Year
2023
Book Series
Nonfictions Ser.
Illustrator
Yes
Genre
Performing Arts
Number of Pages
400 Pages
Dimensions
Item Length
9 in
Item Height
0.8 in
Item Width
6 in
Item Weight
20 oz
Additional Product Features
Intended Audience
Trade
Lc Classification Number
Pn1998.3.W57g73 2023
Reviews
Barry Keith Grant provides an updated version of his own singularly authoritative study of documentarian Frederick Wiseman's astonishing range of films--from the controversial Titicutt Follies through such diverse examples as Meat, Missile, Model, Deaf, Blind, Public Housing , Ballet, and Belfast, Maine, to name a few. In his deeply informed study, Grant creates his own meticulous, yet accessible, "tapestry" of inquiry worthy of the same approach he credits Wiseman with adopting. Grant's insightful readings of Wiseman's carefully wrought compositions--and the happy accidents that sometimes occur--highlight colorful thematic threads woven to create the "reality fictions" Wiseman, in his own words, is producing. At the same time, Grant presents a capacious "mosaic," placing Wiseman's films in textured dialogue, not only with each other, but also with works of literature, art, theater, music, and dance, along with other films and Hollywood genres, that inform them. Grant explores Wiseman's penetrating vision of institutional operations--the human interactions that sustain them and the ideological underpinnings beneath the "rules" that govern them. As Grant compellingly claims, Wiseman avoids providing viewers with easy answers. Voyages of Discovery powerfully uncovers the ambiguities inviting viewers to democratically, actively, and reflexively assess their own participation in, contributions to, and complicity within the cultural conditions Frederick Wiseman so evocatively observes., This is the new edition we have been waiting for. Barry Keith Grant provides an essential companion to Frederick Wiseman, one of the most distinctive and prominent voices in US documentary. Voyages of Discovery offers perceptive and in-depth analyses of Wiseman's vast catalogue, ranging from the 1960s to his most recent work. Grant foregrounds the ways Wiseman's films have not only documented institutions but have challenged their established practices, encouraging audiences to meaningfully engage with and question the hierarchies and fraught political dynamics encountered in everyday life. This study matches the subtlety and resistance to reductive narratives found in Wiseman's own films, revealing why his work remains compelling and necessary viewing that continues to speak to the present day., The time is right for a second edition, and this year's 'revised and expanded' version rises to the occasion., Voyages of Discovery is one of the very best books of film analysis and scholarship that I've ever read. It is certainly the essential work about a major film-maker, whose films require special tools and sensitivities to discuss, which Grant possesses in abundance. This is a most useful work both for those just discovering Wiseman and those who think they know him. Great ideas abound on every page, and Grant's organization of the films is original and helpful. Exemplary as well are the carefully selected frame enlargements, which nicely support his close analysis of visual issues. Grant's ability to bring in relevant ideas from both film study and beyond it is the mark of an eminent scholar. That Grant discusses the entirety of Wiseman's prodigious output, in depth and entertainingly, is also quite an accomplishment., This revised edition of Voyages of Discovery is updated and expanded to cover Wiseman's prodigious output over the decades since the original appeared. Supplemented and supported by a range of secondary sources from diverse fields spanning film studies, sociology, art history, and political science (among so many others), Grant develops a portrait of a working filmmaker that is informed and definitive.
Table of Content
Acknowledgments Preface Introduction 1. Man with a Movie Camera 2. American Madness: Titicut Follies (1967), High School (1968), Law and Order (1969), Hospital (1970), Juvenile Court (1974), Welfare (1975) 3. The Big Parade: Basic Training (1971), Manoeuvre (1979), Missile (1988) 4. Blood of the Beasts: Primate (1974), Meat (1976), Racetrack (1985), Zoo (1993) 5. When Worlds Collide: Canal Zone (1977), Sinai Field Mission (1978), Model (1980), The Store (1983) 6. The Bad and the Beautiful: The Cool World (1963), Seraphita's Diary (1982) 7. You and Me: Essene (1972), Blind (1987), Deaf (1987), Adjustment and Work (1987), Multi-Handicapped (1987), Aspen (1991) 8. Love and Death: Near Death (1989) 9. The Never-Ending Story: High School II (1994), Public Housing (1997), Domestic Violence (2001), Domestic Violence 2 (2002) 10. Playtime: Ballet (1995), La Comédie-Française, ou L'amour joué (1996), The Last Letter (2002), La Danse--Le Ballet de l'Opéra de Paris (2009), Boxing Gym (2010), Crazy Horse (2011), National Gallery (2014), A Couple (2022) 11. Our Town: Central Park (1989), Belfast, Maine (1999), State Legislature (2007), At Berkeley (2013), In Jackson Heights (2015), EX-LIBRIS: The New York Public Library (2017), Monrovia, Indiana (2018), City Hall (2020) Filmography Individual Awards Retrospective Screenings Notes Bibliography Index
Lccn
2022-041547
Dewey Decimal
791.430233092
Dewey Edition
23
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