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Humphrey Jennings has been described as the only real poet that British cinema has produced. His documentary films are remarkable records of Britain at peace and war, and his range of representational approaches transcended accepted notions of wartime propaganda and revised the strict codes of British documentary film of the 1930's and 1940's. Poet, propagandist, surrealist and documentary film maker - Jennings' work embodies an outstanding mix of startling apprehension, personal expression and representational innovation. This book carefully examines and expertly explains the central components
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During a short career between 1939 and 1950, Humphrey Jennings produced a number of outstanding films documenting everyday life in Britain. In this new book, Philip Logan offers a thorough reassessment of Jennings's intellectual background and the factors that informed his life. Through an understanding of the historical context within which Jennings's films were produced and directed Logan suggests we can begin to much better understand the propaganda messages that inform them, and thus gain a fuller insight into the nature, character and purpose of the films he produced for the British war e
Jennings, Humphrey --- Documentary films --- Motion pictures --- Documentaries, Motion picture --- Documentary videos --- Factual films --- Motion picture documentaries --- Moving-pictures, Documentary --- Documentary mass media --- Nonfiction films --- Actualities (Motion pictures) --- History and criticism. --- History --- Jennings, F. H. --- Jennings, Frank Humphrey Sinkler --- Jennings, Humphrey, --- Criticism and interpretation.
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