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Red Hollywood
''Red Hollywood'' is a 1996 American documentary film by film essayists Thom Andersen and Noël Burch about the films made by the Hollywood Blacklist, blacklisted writers and directors during the 1930s-1950s. Summary Narrated by African-American filmmaker Billy Woodberry, the essay (originated by Andersen in 1985 before being expanded in book form by Bruch) is a revisionist history of the left-leaning filmmakers that were responsible for Classical Hollywood cinema, Hollywood's portraits of the social issues of the 20th Century drawing from 53 features. Interviewed were some of The Hollywood Ten including Abraham Polonsky and Ring Lardner, Jr. alongside fellow blacklisted artists Paul Jarrico and Alfred Levitt. Reception ''Red Hollywood'' received a 75% rating on Rotten Tomatoes. See also *Social realism *Film gris *Mcarthyism *Message picture *''Los Angeles Plays Itself'' - 2003 video essay by Andersen *''What Do Those Old Films Mean?'' - 1985 documentary miniseries by Bruch abou ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Documentary Film
A documentary film (often described simply as a documentary) is a nonfiction Film, motion picture intended to "document reality, primarily for instruction, education or maintaining a Recorded history, historical record". The American author and Media studies, media analyst Bill Nichols (film critic), Bill Nichols has characterized the documentary in terms of "a filmmaking practice, a cinematic tradition, and mode of audience reception [that remains] a practice without clear boundaries". Research into information gathering, as a behavior, and the sharing of knowledge, as a concept, has noted how documentary movies were preceded by the notable practice of documentary photography. This has involved the use of singular Photograph, photographs to detail the complex attributes of History, historical events and continues to a certain degree to this day, with an example being the War photography, conflict-related photography achieved by popular figures such as Mathew Brady during the Am ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
