Drifters
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"This silent film brought instant acclaim, both in Britain and abroad, to John Grierson. Never modest, Grierson saw his work as synthesizing the approaches of Robert Flaherty and Sergei Eisenstein; and by constructing a film out of discrete close-ups and decentered compositions, the filmmaker gave Drifters a distinctive, modernist look. Underneath these contemporary stylistics, however, this film about the herring industry looks back to turn-of-the-century British actualities which regularly depicted work processes"--Videodisc sleeve
Credits
- Directed by
- John Grierson
- Written by
- John Grierson
- Produced by
- John Grierson
- Cinematography
- Basil Emmott
- Edited by
- John Grierson
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Drifters
Author:
John Grierson
Summary:"This silent film brought instant acclaim, both in Britain and abroad, to John Grierson. Never modest, Grierson saw his work as synthesizing the approaches of Robert Flaherty and Sergei Eisenstein; and by constructing a film out of discrete close-ups and decentered compositions, the filmmaker gave Drifters a distinctive, modernist look. Underneath these contemporary stylistics, however, this film about the herring industry looks back to turn-of-the-century British actualities which regularly depicted work processes"--Videodisc sleeve
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Film, English, 1929
Edition:[Videodisc version has a music track compiled and performed by Robert Israel] View all formats and editions
Publisher: Empire Marketing Board, Distributed exclusively by Image Entertainment, United Kingdom, United States, 1929
Series:
Great British Documentary Movement
Genre:
Silent films
OCLC Number / Unique Identifier:
422874081
Subjects:
British films
Documentaries and factual films and video
Features
Great Britain
Hareng Industrie Grande-Bretagne
Herring industry
Herring industry Great Britain
Silent films
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Notes:
Credits supplied from videodisc sleeve
Copyright notice on videodisc sleeve: Special contents of this edition, c1992, Film Preservation Associates. Artwork and summary, c1992, Kino International Corp. and c1995, Film Preservation Associates. LaserDisc package design, c1995, Image Entertainment, Inc
First on The great British Documentary Movement with: Industrial Britain -- Song of Ceylon -- Granton trawler -- Pett and Pott -- Coal face -- Night mail -- North Sea -- London can take it! -- Listen to Britain -- Fires were started -- Target for tonight -- Desert victory -- Cameramen at war -- A diary for Timothy -- Instruments of the orchestra -- Steps of the ballet -- Family portrait -- Waverly Steps -- David
Credits:
Photographed by Basil Emmott.
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Author:
John Grierson
Summary:"This silent film brought instant acclaim, both in Britain and abroad, to John Grierson. Never modest, Grierson saw his work as synthesizing the approaches of Robert Flaherty and Sergei Eisenstein; and by constructing a film out of discrete close-ups and decentered compositions, the filmmaker gave Drifters a distinctive, modernist look. Underneath these contemporary stylistics, however, this film about the herring industry looks back to turn-of-the-century British actualities which regularly depicted work processes"--Videodisc sleeve
Show more
Film, English, 1929
Edition:[Videodisc version has a music track compiled and performed by Robert Israel] View all formats and editions
Publisher: Empire Marketing Board, Distributed exclusively by Image Entertainment, United Kingdom, United States, 1929
Series:
Great British Documentary Movement
Genre:
Silent films
OCLC Number / Unique Identifier:
422874081
Subjects:
British films
Documentaries and factual films and video
Features
Great Britain
Hareng Industrie Grande-Bretagne
Herring industry
Herring industry Great Britain
Silent films
Show more
Notes:
Credits supplied from videodisc sleeve
Copyright notice on videodisc sleeve: Special contents of this edition, c1992, Film Preservation Associates. Artwork and summary, c1992, Kino International Corp. and c1995, Film Preservation Associates. LaserDisc package design, c1995, Image Entertainment, Inc
First on The great British Documentary Movement with: Industrial Britain -- Song of Ceylon -- Granton trawler -- Pett and Pott -- Coal face -- Night mail -- North Sea -- London can take it! -- Listen to Britain -- Fires were started -- Target for tonight -- Desert victory -- Cameramen at war -- A diary for Timothy -- Instruments of the orchestra -- Steps of the ballet -- Family portrait -- Waverly Steps -- David
Credits:
Photographed by Basil Emmott.
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