- Drifters (1929 film)
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Drifters Directed by John Grierson Produced by John Grierson Cinematography DOP Basil Emmott Release date(s) 1929 Running time 61 minutes Country United Kingdom Language English Budget £3,000 Drifters (1929) is silent documentary film by John Grierson, his first and only personal film. It tells the story of Britain's North Sea herring fishery. The film's style has been described as being a "response to avant-garde, Modernist films, adopting formal techniques such as montage - constructive editing emphasising the rhythmic juxtaposition of images - but also aimed to make a socially directed commentary on its subject"(Tate Gallery: Liverpool 2006). The film was successful both critically and commercially and helped kick off Grierson's documentary film movement.[1][2][3][4]
References
- ^ http://www.griersontrust.org/assets/files/articles/john-grierson-s-foxon.pdf
- ^ http://grunes.wordpress.com/2007/09/11/drifters-john-grierson-1929/
- ^ http://www.tate.org.uk/liverpool/exhibitions/makinghistory/film/films/rm1_drifters.shtm Tate Gallery - Liverpool- Making History: Art and Documentary in Britain from 1929 to now Exhibition: 3 February–23 April 2006 (Accessed July 2011)
- ^ http://www.montagefilmreviews.com/Drifters(1929).html
External links
- Drifters at the Internet Movie Database
Categories:- British films
- English-language films
- 1929 films
- British documentary films
- Black-and-white films
- Films directed by John Grierson
- 1920s documentary films
- Documentary film stubs
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