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Allan King's : a married couple by Druick, Zoe is a nonfiction available to read on EtoBox.

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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

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Common subject areas: history, science, philosophy, social sciences.

Author
Druick, Zoe
Publisher
University of Toronto Press
Published
2010
Language
EN
ISBN
9781442694033
Category
nonfiction
Subjects
History, Sports, Literary Fiction

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