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Article: Sounds like Canada: a reexamination of the development of Canadian cinema-verite.(DOCUMENTARY)(Critical essay)
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- June 22, 2009
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It is well known that within the kingdom of nonfiction film, the order of "direct documentary", regardless of genus (cinema-verite, Direct Cinema, Free Cinema, Candid Eye), did not emerge fully formed from the brow of any of its progenitors no matter how organic its evolution may appear in hindsight. It developed through a confluence of factors (technical, aesthetic, authorial) marshaled by filmmakers in France, the U.S., England, and Canada. Throughout the mid 50s and early 60s we see an exchange of ideas, equipment, and even personnel between these camps. Technology alone did not enable these films, and there is evident a large variation in terms of how the technology ...