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Bill Nichols (born 1942) is an American film critic and theoretician best known for his pioneering work as founder of the contemporary study of documentary film. His 1991 book, Representing Reality: Issues and Concepts in Documentary, applied modern film theory to the study of documentary film for the first time. It has been followed by scores ...
1 day ago · Wed 29 May 2024 17:45, UK. It’s always been the case that the biggest stars in Hollywood don’t necessarily always star in the best movies, but John Wayne couldn’t have cared less what the critics thought either way, such was the level of confidence he had in his own popularity. Every A-lister needs at least some degree of ego to survive ...
Jun 13, 1979 · Abbie Hoffman, the radical of the 60's, paid tribute to Mr. Wayne's singularity. Reviewing “The Cowboys,” made in 1972, Vincent Canby, film critic of The New York Times, who did not ...
Dec 27, 2017 · Center for the Study of Film and History. Volume 47, Number 2, Winter 2017. pp. 55-56. 10.1353/flm.2017.0040. Review. View Citation. Additional Information. In lieu of an abstract, here is a brief excerpt of the content: Reviewed by: Alex W. Bordino. Bill Nichols, Speaking Truths With Film: Evidence, Ethics, Politics in Documentary.
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Apr 5, 2016 · Pioneering film scholar Bill Nichols investigates the ways in which documentaries strive for accuracy and truthfulness, but simultaneously fabricate a form that shapes reality. Such films...
Pioneering film scholar Bill Nichols investigates the ways documentaries strive for accuracy and truthfulness and simultaneously fabricate a form that shapes reality. Such films may rely on reenactment to re-create the past, storytelling to provide satisfying narratives, and rhetorical figures such as metaphor or devices such as irony to make a ...
Abstract. How do issues of form and content shape the documentary film? What role does visual evidence play in relation to a documentary’s arguments about the world we live in? In what ways do documentaries abide by or subvert ethical expectations? Are mockumentaries a form of subversion?
