Cultural Journey of Documentary Films

Author: Lin Shaoxiong
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Publish Date: 2003-10-01
Features:
Chapter 1 The Cultural Implications of the Emergence of 20th Century Cinema
1. A Breakthrough in Human Aesthetic Experience
2. Deconstruction of High Art and the Sacred
3. Construction of New Aesthetic Categories
4. Impact on 20th Century Human Culture
Chapter 2 Cultural Analysis of Several Basic Concepts Related to Documentary Films
1. History and Historical Narration
2. Reality and Truth, Fiction and Non-Fiction
3. Recording, Documentation, and Documentary
4. Objectivity and Subjectivity
5. Elements Influencing Documentary
6. Documentaries, Special Programs, and Documentary Films
7. Influences on Documentary and Television Documentary
Chapter 3 Pioneers in Creation
1. The Shock of the Steam Engine
2. Two Strategies
3. Technological Changes
4. Different Operational Methods
5. Divergent Cultural Concepts
Chapter 4 The Release of Poetic Wisdom
1. The Cultural Atmosphere of Anthropological Cinema
2. Born for Cinema
3. The Release of Poetic Wisdom
4. Reflection on Industrial Civilization
5. The Difference Between Reality and Documentary
Chapter 5 The Father of Documentary
1. A Medium Influencing the Masses
2. Sociological Observation Methods
3. The Charm of Television
4. The Origins of Thought
Chapter 6 Eyes Everywhere
1. Modern Literary and Art Trends in Early 20th Century Europe
2. Vertov and His Contemporaries in Film
3. The Theories of the "Kino-Eye"
4. The Sublime Aesthetic Principle
Chapter 7 The Artistic Beautification of Ideology
1. Exploration of the Documentary Style in German Cinema
2. Leni Riefenstahl's Legendary Life
3. Themes in Riefenstahl's Documentary Films
4. Cultural Interpretation of Triumph of the Will
Chapter 8 Poetic Life in Visual Records
1. Romantic Sentiments of Poetic Life
2. Sharp Guns
3. Documentary Concepts
Chapter 9 Images in the Midst of War
1. Catalysts for Documentary Films
2. Nazi Political Propaganda
3. Responses in the British Isles
4. American Documentary Strategies
Chapter 10 "Reality" and "Directness"
1. The Influence of Reality Cinema
2. Cultural Strategies of Direct Cinema
3. Concepts and Their Realization
Appendix
References
Afterword