Description
Book SynopsisPerforming the real through the lens of a renowned innovator of documentary filmmaking
Trade Review"A welcome addition to the Contemporary Film Directors Series."--Documentary
"Filled with useful historical and technical details, this enthusiastic study of one of documentary cinema's most important filmmakers will convert some skeptics and create many new admirers of D.A. Pennebaker's work."
--Joe McElhaney, author of Albert Maysles
"Enlightening. . . . A useful look at the work of an affable, masterful documentary filmmaker who somehow managed to be in the midst of some of the major cultural turning points of the twentieth centrury."-- Journal of Film and Video
Table of ContentsAcknowledgments PERFORMING THE REAL Concert / Film; Collaborative / Filmmaking; Portraiture; Rehearsal INTERVIEW WITH D.A.PENNEBAKER Filmography; Bibliography; Index
