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1、BookReview:TheDocumentaryFilmBookeditedbyBrianWinstonblogs.lse.ac.uk/lsereviewofbooks/2014/01/23/book-review-the-documentary-film-book-edited-by-brian-winston/TheDocumentaryFilmBookpresentsaseriesofessaysinonevolumewherekeyinternationalscholarscometogethertooffercompellingevidenceastowhy,overt
2、helastfewdecades,documentaryhascometothecentreofscreenstudies.Whilethereismuchhistoricalrevisionisminthebook,thereisalsomuchtointerestthosemorefocussedonthecontemporary,writesFionaChesterton.TheDocumentaryFilmBook.BrianWinston(ed).BritishFilmInstitute/Palgrave.October2013.Findthisbook:Document
3、arieshaveneverbeeninruderhealth–justafewyearsaftertheirdemisewasbeingconfidentlyforecastinsomequarters.IfyouusetheOscarsasonemeasure,nominationsforthisyear’sprizeareoutstanding:from‘TheSquare’,tellingthebitter-sweetstoryoftheArabSpring,through‘TheActofKilling’onIndonesiandeathsquads,tothegentl
4、er‘TwentyFeetfromStardom’focussingonthelivesofbackingsingers,andcandidatesthatdidn’tquitemakethefinalcut,like‘PussyRiot:aPunkPrayer’,and‘Blackfish’,apolemicontheincarcerationofwhalesinmarineparks,it’sapowerfulandgloballist.TheDocumentaryFilmBookhelpsexplaintherobustnessofdocumentaryasanartform
5、overnearlyacenturysincethebirthoffilmmaking.Itisanambitiousproject:editedbyProfessorBrianWinston,oftheUniversityofLincolnandaleadingBritishauthorityondocumentary,butwithnearlyfiftycontributorsfromaroundtheworld,itaimsnotjusttotellthehistoryofdocumentary,butalsotoexploreissuesaroundethics,ideol
6、ogy,diversity,formandcontent,whichshouldgivestimulustoanystudentofscreenorculture.Itisadensevolume,though,andsomakeschallengingreadingattimes.Thegeneralreadermayprefertodipinandout,orfocusonthemoreaccessiblechapters,butifyouarelookingforaone-volumeandup-to-dateintroductiontodocumentary,thisfit
7、sthebill.ReadersmostfamiliarwiththeBritishandAmericantraditionandcatalogue,likemyself,mayfindPart3,whichexploresthegloballandscape,particularlyenlightening.Thechapter“Eastwards”byProfessorAbeMarkNornes,forexample,challengesthedominantAn
