Fires Were Started |
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| Author:
| Winston, Brian |
| Series title: | BFI Film Classics Ser. |
| ISBN: | 978-0-85170-773-0 |
| Publication Date: | Sep 1999 |
| Publisher: | BFI Publishing
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| Book Format: | Paperback |
| List Price: | AUD $28.95 |
Book Description:
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This work suggests that Humphrey Jennings' re-enacted documentary about the London Blitz, Fires Were Started, is an understated propaganda masterpiece. The book provides an account of how Jennings recaptured the reality of the Blitz for his cumbersome camera through a process of meticulous research.
This work suggests that Humphrey Jennings' re-enacted documentary about the London Blitz, Fires Were Started, is an understated propaganda masterpiece. The book provides an account of how Jennings recaptured the reality of the Blitz for his cumbersome camera through a process of meticulous research.