The Documentary Art of Filmmaker Michael Rubbo

Michael Rubbo’s groundbreaking work has had a deep and enduring impact on documentary filmmaking worldwide, though his name has remained relatively unknown. In The Documentary Art of Michael Rubbo, author D.B. Jones traces Rubbo’s filmmaking from his days as a film student at Stanford, through his t...

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Superior document:Cinemas off centre series, no. 4
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Place / Publishing House:Calgary, Alberta : : University of Calgary Press,, 2017.
©2017
Year of Publication:2017
Language:English
Series:Cinemas off centre series ; 4.
Physical Description:1 electronic resource (262 p.)
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Table of Contents:
  • Learning the craft. The true source of knowledge these days; early films at the NFB
  • Making it personal. Sad song of yellow skin
  • Nudging things along. Persistent and finagling
  • Filmmaker front and center. Wet earth and warm people
  • Family matters. OK ... camera; The streets of Saigon; Jalan, jalan; The man who can't stop
  • How it works. Waiting for Fidel; I am an old tree
  • Where the action isn't. Log house; The walls come tumbling down; I hate to lose; Tigers and teddy bears
  • Something's happening. Solzenitsyn's children ... are making a lot of noise in Paris
  • Facial expressions. Yes or no, Jean-Guy Moreau; Daisy : the story of a facelift; Not far from Bolgatanga
  • Long shots. Margaret Atwood : once in august; Atwood and family
  • A break from "reality". The peanut butter solution; Tommy Tricker and the stamp traveller; Vincent and me; The return of Tommy Tricker
  • New tools of the trade. ABC; The little box that sings; Much ado about something; all about Olive
  • Plein air documentary. YouTube films; bicycle art; painting with film.