Five Films by Frederick Wiseman: Titicut Follies, High School, Welfare, High Sch

Description: Five Films by Frederick Wiseman by Barry Keith Grant, Frederick Wiseman Estimated delivery 3-12 business days Format Paperback Condition Brand New Description Frederick Wiseman is among Americas foremost documentary film-makers. Providing transcriptions of five of Wisemans most important films, this book enables readers to scrutinize the films complex structural patterns, recurring motifs, editing regimes, and the unscripted dialogue that makes Wisemans cinema a rich repository of American speech. Publisher Description Frederick Wiseman is among Americas foremost documentary filmmakers. The recipient of many awards, including three Emmys, Wiseman has made more than thirty feature-length documentaries during a career that has spanned five decades. Together, these films provide a fascinating chronicle of American social and institutional life. This book makes available for the first time transcriptions of five of Wisemans most important films- Titicut Follies, High School, Welfare, High School II, Public Housing-providing all of the dialogue as well as annotations about other aspects of the soundtracks such as music and ambient noise, and notes about editing and camera movement. These scene-by-scene transcripts enable readers to scrutinize the films complex structural patterns, recurring motifs, editing regimes, and the unscripted dialogue that makes Wisemans cinema a rich repository of American speech. Editor Barry Keith Grants critical introduction discusses the importance of sound in Wisemans documentaries. Liberally illustrated with images from the films, these meticulous transcriptions are accompanied by a bibliography and filmography. Author Biography Barry Keith Grant is Professor of Film Studies and Popular Culture at Brock University in Ontario, Canada. He is the author of Voyages of Discovery: The Cinema of Frederick Wiseman (1992), and the editor of Fritz Lang Interviews (2003), Film Genre Reader 3 (2003), John Fords Stagecoach (2002), and The Dread of Difference: Gender and the Horror Film (1996), among other books. Details ISBN 0520244575 ISBN-13 9780520244573 Title Five Films by Frederick Wiseman Author Barry Keith Grant, Frederick Wiseman Format Paperback Year 2006 Pages 448 Edition 1st Publisher University of California Press GE_Item_ID:7680145; About Us Grand Eagle Retail is the ideal place for all your shopping needs! With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and over 1,000,000 in stock items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! Shipping & Delivery Times Shipping is FREE to any address in USA. Please view eBay estimated delivery times at the top of the listing. Deliveries are made by either USPS or Courier. We are unable to deliver faster than stated. International deliveries will take 1-6 weeks. NOTE: We are unable to offer combined shipping for multiple items purchased. This is because our items are shipped from different locations. Returns If you wish to return an item, please consult our Returns Policy as below: Please contact Customer Services and request "Return Authorisation" before you send your item back to us. Unauthorised returns will not be accepted. Returns must be postmarked within 4 business days of authorisation and must be in resellable condition. Returns are shipped at the customer's risk. We cannot take responsibility for items which are lost or damaged in transit. For purchases where a shipping charge was paid, there will be no refund of the original shipping charge. Additional Questions If you have any questions please feel free to Contact Us. Categories Baby Books Electronics Fashion Games Health & Beauty Home, Garden & Pets Movies Music Sports & Outdoors Toys

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