Description |
2 videodiscs (170 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in. |
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digital optical monaural rda |
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video file DVD video rda |
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Documentary films. lcgft |
Series |
The Criterion collection ; 808 |
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Criterion collection.
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System Details |
DVD. |
Note |
Title from web page. |
Credits |
Primary (1960). Conceived and produced by Robert Drew for Time-Life Broadcast ; photographers, Richard Leacock, Terence Macartney-Filgate, Albert Maysles, D.A. Pennebaker; writer, Robert Drew. |
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Adventures on the new frontier (1961). Filmmakers, richard Leacock, D.A. Pennebaker, Albert Maysles, Kenneth Snelson. |
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Crisis (1963). Producer, Gregory Shuker; filmmakers, Richard Leacock, James Lipscomb, D.A. Pennebaker, Hope Ryden. |
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Faces of November (1964). Producer, Gregory Shuker; photography, James Lipscomb, Sid Reichman, Al Wertheimer. |
Performer |
Primary and Adventures on the new frontier narrated by Joseph Julian; Crisis narrated by James Lipscomb. |
Note |
Fullscreen (1.33:1). |
Summary |
In 1960, a filmmaking group was granted direct access to John F. Kennedy, filming him on the campaign trail and eventually in the Oval Office. This resulted in three films of remarkable, behind-closed-doors intimacy, Primary, Adventures on the New Frontier, and Crisis, and, following the president's assassination, the poetic short Faces of November. Collected here are all four of these titles, early exemplars of the movement known as Direct Cinema. |
Contents |
Primary (53 minutes) (1960) -- Adventures on the new frontier (52 minutes) (1961) -- Crisis (53 minutes) (1963) -- Faces of November (12 minutes) (1964). |
Note |
Special features: Alternate, twenty-six-minutes cut of "Primary", edited by filmmaker Richard Leacock; Audio commentary on the Leacock edit of "Primary", featuring Leacock and filmmakers Robert Drew and D.A. Pennebaker, recorded in conversation with film critic Gideon Bachmann in 1961; Robert Drew in his own words, a new documentary featuring archival interview footage; Nw conversation between Pennebaker and Jill Drew, Robert Drew's daughter-in-law and the general manager of Drew Associates; Outtakes from "Crisis" featuring former U.S. attorney general Eric Holder and Sharon Malone, Holder's wife and the sister of Vivian Malone, one of the students featuring in "Crisis"; New interview with Richard Reeves, author of "President Kennedy: profile of power"; Footage from a 1998 event at the Museum of Tolerance in Los Angeles, featuring Drew, Pennebaker, Leacock, and filmmaker Albert Maysles; Plus: an essay by documentary film curator and writer Thomas Powers. |
Language |
Subtitled for the deaf and hard of hearing. |
Subject |
Kennedy, John F. (John Fitzgerald), 1917-1963.
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Kennedy, Robert F., 1925-1968.
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Wallace, George C. (George Corley), 1919-1998.
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Humphrey, Hubert H. (Hubert Horatio), 1911-1978.
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Drew, Robert, 1924-2014.
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United States -- History -- 1961-1969.
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Genre/Form |
Documentary films.
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Biographical films.
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Political films.
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Nonfiction films.
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Feature films.
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Short films.
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Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
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Added Author |
Drew, Robert, 1924-2014, film producer.
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Leacock, Richard, director of photography, filmmaker.
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Macartney-Filgate, Terence, director of photography.
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Maysles, Albert, director of photography, filmmaker.
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Pennebaker, D. A., director of photography, filmmaker.
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Snelson, Kenneth, 1927-2016 filmmaker.
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Lipscomb, James, filmmaker, narrator, director of photography.
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Reichman, Sid, director of photography.
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Wertheimer, Al, director of photography.
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Julian, Joseph, 1910-1982, narrator.
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Drew Associates.
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Criterion Collection (Firm), publisher.
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Added Title |
Container of (work): Primary.
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Container of (work): Adventures on the new frontier.
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Container of (work): Crisis.
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Container of (work): Faces of November.
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Standard No. |
715515174411 |
ISBN |
9781681431376 |
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1681431378 |
Music No. |
CC2612DDVD The Criterion Collection |
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