Author: ROTHA, PAUL (1907-)
Title: A Paul Rotha reader / edited by Duncan Petrie and Robert Kruger
Description: Exeter : University of Exeter Press 1999. First Edition. Fine cloth copy in an equally fine dw. Particularly and surprisingly well-preserved; tight. bright. clean and especially sharp-cornered. Literally as new.; 8vo 8' - 9' tall; 292 pages; Description: xi. 292 p. : ill. ; 25 cm. Filmography: p. 277-282. Includes bibliographical references (p. 283-286) and index. Subjects: Rotha. Paul (1907-) --Criticism and interpretation --Motion pictures --Documentary films --History and criticism. Series: Exeter studies in film history. Summary: Paul Rotha was one of the major figures of the British Documentary Movement. second only to John Grierson. He was also a prolific writer. beginning with his celebrated book The Film Till Now. published in 1930. This volume brings together an edited collection of some of his most important writings and addresses a variety of topics including the theoretical basis of cinema. the emergence of an intellectual film culture in Britain. the state of the British film industry and his own experience of directing and producing films. A Paul Rotha Reader marks a major reappraisal of Rotha's significance as a theorist. critic and advocate for cinema as the most important form of mass communication in the modern world. It will be essential reading for anyone seriously interested in British cinema history.ISBN: 0859896269. Weight in Kg appr.:

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