Research Catalog

Title

Voyages of discovery : the cinema of Frederick Wiseman / Barry Keith Grant.

Author

Grant, Barry Keith, 1947-

Publication

New York : Wallflower, [2023]

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Details

Description

xxvii, 366 pages : illustrations; 24 cm.

Summary

"Frederick Wiseman is a chronicler of America's public institutions. His films have focused on city, state, and local governments; hospitals; asylums; creative organizations and museums; schools, libraries, and more. In recent years, Wiseman's films have reached a new level of popularity, with works like In Jackson Heights (2015), Monrovia, Indiana (2018) and, most recently, City Hall (2020) all earning widespread acclaim. Barry Keith Grant's Voyages of Discovery was the first comprehensive study of Wiseman when it was first published in 1992; there have been no other career-spanning books on Wiseman since then. In this revised edition, Grant covers the last 30 years of Wiseman's career, adding recent films to existing chapters where they fit, with a particular focus on adding coverage of how Wiseman's approach to depicting issues of race, class, and gender have evolved over the course of his career. Two new chapters have been added - one on creative organizations (National Gallery; Ballet; La Danse, and others)and one on Wiseman's ""town"" films (Beflast, Maine; Monrovia, Indiana; Jackson Heights, Queens, and others). Grant has also thoroughly revised the introductory chapter, which focuses primarily on Wiseman's filmmaking methods and provides an aesthetic and formal reading of Wiseman as an auteur which grounds the following chapters."--

Series Statement

Nonfictions

Uniform Title

Nonfictions.

Subject

• Wiseman, Frederick > Criticism and interpretation
• Wiseman, Frederick
• Documentary films > History and criticism
• Documentary films
• Criticism and interpretation

Genre/Form

Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Includes filmography.

Contents

Man with a movie camera -- American madness: Titicut follies (1967), High school (1969), Hospital (1970), Juvenile court (1974), Welfare (1975) -- The big parade: Basic training (1971), Manoeuvre (1979), Missle (1988) -- Blood of the beasts: Primate (1974), Meat (1976), Racetrack (1985), Zoo (1993) -- When worlds collide: Canal Zone (1977), Sinai field mission (1978), Model (1980), The store (1983) -- The bad and the beautiful: The cool world (1963), Seraphita's diary (1982) -- You and me: Essene (1972), Blind (1987), Deaf (1978), Adjustment and work (1987), Multi-handicapped (1987), Aspen (1991) -- Love and death: Near death (1989) -- The never-ending story: High school II (1994), Public housing (1997), Domestic violence (2001), Domestic violence II (2002) -- Playtime: Ballet (1995), La comédie-Française, ou L'amour Joué (1996), The last letter (2002), La danse -- Le ballet de l'opera de Paris (2009), Boxing gym (2010), Crazy horse (2011), National Gallery (2014) II: our-town: Central Park (1989), Belfast, Maine (1999), State legislature (2007), At Berkeley (2013), In Jackson Heights (2015), Ex Libris: The New York Public Library (2017), Monrovia, Indiana (2018), City Hall (2020) -- Appendix I: Filmography -- Appendix II: Individual awards -- Appendix III: Retrospective screenings.

Call Number

MWES (Wiseman, F.) 23-3381

ISBN

• 9780231206228
• 0231206224
• 9780231206235
• 0231206232
• 9780231556378 (canceled/invalid)

LCCN

2022041547

OCLC

1353605165

Author

Grant, Barry Keith, 1947- author.

Title

Voyages of discovery : the cinema of Frederick Wiseman / Barry Keith Grant.

Publisher

New York : Wallflower, [2023]

Edition

Revised and expanded edition.

Type of Content

text

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

volume

Series

Nonfictions

Nonfictions.

Bibliography

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Includes filmography.

Research Call Number

MWES (Wiseman, F.) 23-3381