JRN 412 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Camera Work, Direct Cinema, Allan King
27 Mar 2018
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Warrendale: gut-wrenching film about home for distressed children in toronto in the 1960s, wide critical acclaim yet banned from canadian tv for 30 years. Director: allan king: great canadian documentary maker, films seen on tv and in movie theatres for more than 50 years, films are intimate, tightly focused and make us uncomfortable. Raised in foster homes after parents divorced when he was 6: allowed to see mother once a month, studied film in high school and saw it as way to cope with traumas in his own life. Films include: a married couple (disintegrating marriage, dying at grace (a masterpiece about dying at the grace health centre) Direct cinema: king helped pioneer in mid-60s, did(cid:374)"t i(cid:374)ter(cid:448)ie(cid:449) su(cid:271)je(cid:272)ts, let them speak for themselves, no narrator, camera is a fly on the wall, part of the furniture. Difference between direct cinema and cinema verite: direct cinema the camera is invisible.
