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Albert Maysles

(book in English)

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by Joe McElhaney

Type: Studies
Subject: Director > Albert Maysles
Keywords: Albert Maysles
Publishing date: 2009
Publisher: University of Illinois Press
Collection: Contemporary Film Directors
Language: English

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Paperback • 206 pages
5 ½ x 8 ¼ inches (14 x 21 cm)
Also available as an eBook.

ISBN

978-0-252-07621-3

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Book Presentation:
Albert Maysles has created some of the most influential documentaries of the postwar period. Such films as Salesman, Gimme Shelter, and Grey Gardens continue to generate intense debate about the ethics and aesthetics of the documentary form. In this in-depth study, Joe McElhaney offers a novel understanding of the historical relevance of Maysles. By closely focusing on Maysles's expressive use of his camera, particularly in relation to the filming of the human figure, this book situates Maysles's films within not only documentary film history but film history in general, arguing for their broad-ranging importance to both narrative film and documentary cinema. Complete with an engaging interview with Maysles and a detailed comparison of the variant releases of his documentary on the Beatles (What's Happening: The Beatles in the U.S.A. and The Beatles: The First U.S. Visit), this work is a pivotal study of a significant filmmaker.

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> On a related topic:

Albert and David Maysles (2010)

Interviews

by Keith Beattie
(in English)

Subject: Director > Albert Maysles, David Maysles

Salesman (2012)

by J.M. Tyree
(in English)

Subject: One Film > Salesman

Grey Gardens (2011)

by Matthew Tinkcom
(in English)

Subject: One Film > Grey Gardens

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