{"product_id":"frederick-wiseman-paperback","title":"Frederick Wiseman - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eFrederick Wiseman\u003c\/b\u003e (Artist), \u003cb\u003eWilliam Vollmann\u003c\/b\u003e (Text by (Art\/Photo Books)), \u003cb\u003eJoshua Siegel\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe first English publication to provide a comprehensive overview of Frederick Wiseman's career\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFor over four decades, from his landmark \u003ci\u003eTiticut Follies \u003c\/i\u003e(1967) to his recent \u003ci\u003eLa Danse: The Paris Opera Ballet \u003c\/i\u003e(2009) and forthcoming \u003ci\u003eBoxing Gym\u003c\/i\u003e (2010), Frederick Wiseman (born 1930) has used a lightweight 16mm camera and portable sound equipment to study human behavior in all its unpredictable manifestations, particularly as it responds to institutional or regimented settings or to democracy at work. Combining epic narrative with intimate portraiture, Wiseman's films constitute a grand panorama of modern life, a kind of modern-day \u003ci\u003ecomédie humaine\u003c\/i\u003e. While he manages to intrude only minimally on the lives of his subjects, his sensitive eye, lawyerly skepticism and storytelling impulses produce imaginative truth. Wiseman has also worked in the theater, directing acclaimed adaptations of Beckett and Pirandello. His stage and film productions \u003ci\u003eLa Dernière Lettre \u003c\/i\u003e(\u003ci\u003eThe Last Letter\u003c\/i\u003e), based on Vassily Grossman's epic novel \u003ci\u003eLife and Fate\u003c\/i\u003e, starred Catherine Samie, doyenne of the Comédie-Française and a contributor to this book. \u003ci\u003eFrederick Wiseman\u003c\/i\u003e, the first publication in English to provide a comprehensive overview of Wiseman's career to date, includes essays by eminent observers on both sides of the Atlantic, including writers, critics, filmmakers, actors and Wiseman himself. Illustrated with stills from his films, this volume offers a compelling portrait of Frederick Wiseman as one of the world's most innovative, fearless and influential filmmakers, as well as an accomplished theater director. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eFrederick Wiseman \u003c\/b\u003ehas made 38 films that stand as a monumental chronicle of late-twentieth-century institutional and cultural life. His controversial 1967 debut feature \u003ci\u003eTiticut Follies\u003c\/i\u003e, a look at conditions inside the Bridgewater State Hospital for the Criminally Insane, remains the only American film ever censored for reasons other than national security or obscenity. His 2009 film \u003ci\u003eLa Danse: The Paris Opera Ballet \u003c\/i\u003ehas been a tremendous critical and popular success both in the United States and abroad. Wiseman's latest documentary, about an amateur boxing gym in Austin, Texas, had its premiere at the 2010 Cannes Film Festival, and he is currently editing a film about the Crazy Horse Saloon, the legendary cabaret in Paris.\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 160\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.6 x 8.1 x 9.1 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e December 15, 2010\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51758101561632,"sku":"9780870707919","price":39.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/809be115a1bd1ebffd9e8e23877a9b3c.webp?v=1780118036","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/frederick-wiseman-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}