Jak mozemy zdefiniowac film dokumentalny?

• Authors: Bill Nicholas

Title variants

EN

HOW CAN WE DEFINE DOCUMENTARY FILM?

• Languages of publication: PL

Abstracts

EN

This text is a first chapter of Bill Nichols famous book Introduction to Documentary which has become the most widely used introductory textbook in the field. It explores some of the ways in which commonsense definitions of documentary can be refined, with the reference to the corpus of classical or important works, to give a sense of how different films find at least slightly different solutions to common problems. The exploration of this problems helps us understand how a documentary tradition arose and evolved and what it has to offer us today. This chapter also sets the stage for the issues posed in the remaining chapters by considering the distinct assumptions and expectations.

Keywords

EN

Nichols; Bill; Introduction to Documentary; documentary tradition

• Publisher: Polska Akademia Nauk. Instytut Sztuki PAN
• Journal: Kwartalnik Filmowy
• Year: 2011
• Issue: 75-76
• Pages: 238-264

Contributors

author

Bill Nicholas