TY - BOOK AU - Beattie,Keith TI - Humphrey Jennings T2 - British Film Makers SN - 9781847792686 AV - PN1998 .H867 2010 PY - 2010/// CY - Manchester PB - Manchester University Press KW - Jennings, Humphrey KW - Criticism and interpretation KW - Electronic Books N1 - 2; 9780719078552; 9780719078552; Copyright Page; Contents; Series editors' foreword; Acknowledgements; Introduction; 1 Modernity, myth, colour and collage:the early films; 2 Work and leisure: Spare Time; 3 Sound, image and nation:Words for Battle and Listen to Britain; 4 Documentary reconstruction and prognostication:Fires Were Started and The Silent Village; 5 'What will befall Britain?'A Diary for Timothy; 6 An ambiguous national iconography: Family Portrait; 7 Legacies; Afterword; Filmography; References; Index; 2; b N2 - Humphrey Jennings has been described as the only real poet that British cinema has produced. His documentary films are remarkable records of Britain at peace and war, and his range of representational approaches transcended accepted notions of wartime propaganda and revised the strict codes of British documentary film of the 1930s and 1940s. Poet, propagandist, surrealist and documentary filmmaker? Jennings' work embodies an outstanding mix of startling apprehension, personal expression and representational innovation. This book carefully examines and expertly explains the central components o UR - https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&db=nlabk&AN=515109&site=eds-live&custid=s3260518 ER -