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This anthology of the letters, articles, scripts, and radio talks composed by famous British filmmaker Humphrey Jennings offers readers a window into the life and times of this most idiosyncratic of creative talents who gained national renown by documenting the everyday heroism of ordinary British citizens during and after World War II.
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Humphrey Jennings was a British filmmaker whose most famous films are Britain Can Take It, A Diary for Timothy, and Listen to Britain. Kevin Jackson is the author of Invisible Forms, The Language of Cinema, and Letters of Introduction.
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"Letters, scripts, and reviews illuminate Jennings’ ideas and enthusiasms: the elements of poetry, painting, music, realism, and surrealism, so brilliantly combined in his wartime documentaries." —William Feaver, Observer
"Who is Humphrey Jennings? . . . One of Britain’s greatest directors . . . if he hadn’t died at 43 he would now be Sir Humphrey Jennings and Britain would have a film industry. Read this anthology of his letters, articles, scripts, and radio talks and find out what you’ve missed." —GQ magazine
"Who is Humphrey Jennings? . . . One of Britain’s greatest directors . . . if he hadn’t died at 43 he would now be Sir Humphrey Jennings and Britain would have a film industry. Read this anthology of his letters, articles, scripts, and radio talks and find out what you’ve missed." —GQ magazine
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- PublisherCarcanet Press Ltd.
- Publication date2005
- ISBN 10 1857547489
- ISBN 13 9781857547481
- BindingPaperback
- Edition number3
- Number of pages320
- EditorJackson Kevin
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Book Description Paperback. Condition: new. Paperback. 'The Humphrey Jennings Film reader' tells the story of his brief, varied life in his own words, using many previously unpublished letters, treatments and screen-plays. it reprints all of his unpublished critical writings on literature, painting and other subjects (most of them unavailable in book form since the 1930s), the texts of his radio broadcasts for the BBC, and a selection of his poems. This work provides a window into the life and work of the great British director, Humphrey Jennings. Shipping may be from our UK warehouse or from our Australian or US warehouses, depending on stock availability. Seller Inventory # 9781857547481
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