Dr David Hickman: Triumph of the Real: From The Communist Manifesto to Jason Bourne
Duration: 59 mins 5 secs
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In the immediate aftermath of the Second World War, cinematic realism was the most significant revolution in visual culture since the late Renaissance. Not only did it carry along the Neo-Realists in Italy, La Nouvelle Vague and and cinéma vérité in France, Direct Cinema and urban realism in the US, and Free Cinema and social realism in Britain; it also shaped the visual language of television, in a profound way, in fiction and non-fiction.
But there is a dark side to this revolution – one that has filmmakers in numerous national (and usually oppositional) cinemas struggling to break free. |
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| Created: | 2014-12-18 14:50 |
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Informal Lunchtime Seminar Series
Wolfson College lunchtime seminar series |
| Publisher: | Wolfson College, Cambridge |
| Copyright: | David Hickman |
| Language: | eng (English) |