@contents: Selected Contents: Acknowledgements Introduction Part I: ‘A Troubled and Difficult Art’: A Brief Introduction to Non-Fiction Film Chapter One: The ‘D’ Word: Definitions, ‘Obligations’ and Functions Chapter Two: Major Trends, Movements and Voices Part II: Reading Non-Fiction: Case Studies, Concepts and Criticism Chapter Three: Pioneers Nanook of the North (1922): Narrativising the Real The Man with the Movie Camera (1929): Montage and Ideology Night Mail (1936): The Poetics and Politics of Class Chapter Four: Bards Night and Fog (1955): Articulating the Unspeakable My Winnipeg (2006): A City of the Mind Waltz With Bashir (2008): Conflict and Memory Chapter Five: Performers Tarnation (2003): Performance and Autobiography Sicko (2007): Michael Moore, Documentary Superstar Say My Name (2009); Anvil: The Story of Anvil (2009): Rockumentary Revivals Conclusion: New Challenges, Territories and Directions A Select, Chronological Filmography Bibliography
Biography
Dr. Dave Saunders is working on a number of research projects, the latest of which is a history of rock musicians acting in the cinema. His previous publications include Direct Cinema: Observational Documentary and the Politics of the Sixties (2007), and Arnold: Schwarzenegger and the Movies (2009).
