Allan King's A Married Couple / / Zoe Druick.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter University of Toronto Press eBook-Package Backlist 2000-2013
• VerfasserIn: Druick, Zoe,
• Place / Publishing House: Toronto : : University of Toronto Press, , [2016]; ©2010
• Year of Publication: 2016
• Language: English
• Series: Canadian Cinema
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (144 p.) :; 13 photos
• Other title: Frontmatter --; Contents --; Acknowledgments --; 1. Introduction --; 2. Observational Feature Filmmaking and the 'Dramaturgical Perspective' --; 3. A Married Couple as Documentary Melodrama --; 4. Promotion and Reception --; 5. Imitation of Life? Towards a Theory of Documentary Mimesis --; 6. Conclusion: The Legacy of A Married Couple --; Production Credits --; Further Viewing --; Notes --; Selected Bibliography
• Format: Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
• ISBN: 9781442694033; 9783110490954
• DOI: 10.3138/9781442694033
• Access: restricted access
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: Zoe Druick.

Long before 'Reality TV,' Canadian filmmaker Allan King caused a stir by mixing people's private and public lives in his 1969 documentary A Married Couple. This observational cinema piece, which took an unscripted look at the urban Edwards family, was deemed too contentious to air by commissioning network CTV on the grounds of excessive nudity and obscenity. Nevertheless, the documentary was accepted by the Cannes festival, and it is now cited as a milestone in realist filmmaking.In Allan King's A Married Couple, Zoë Druick examines the film in the context of late 1960s cinematic and cultural movements. Through a scene-by-scene synopsis and an analysis of contemporary responses to the piece, she traces A Married Couple's influence on documentary and Canadian filmmaking. The fifth volume in the Canadian Cinema series, this work is an accessible and engaging introduction to a controversial film and its fascinating director.