{"product_id":"9780571261451","title":"Imagining Reality","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eImaging Reality: The Faber Book of Documentary\u003c\/i\u003e, Oscar-winning documentary-maker Kevin Macdonald (\u003ci\u003eOne Day in September\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eTouching the Void\u003c\/i\u003e) and leading broadcaster\/historian Mark Cousins (\u003ci\u003eThe Story of Film\u003c\/i\u003e) offer an expanded, revised edition of their 'definitive, inspirational' (\u003ci\u003eIndependent\u003c\/i\u003e) compendium on the roots and history of the documentary film.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003ci\u003eImagining Reality\u003c\/i\u003e takes the reader on a tour of the evolution of documentary film as an increasingly vibrant, polemical, experimental and entertaining form. It gathers a wide-ranging collection of writings by and about such groundbreaking documentary-makers as Vertov, Flaherty, Marcel Ophuls, Chris Marker, Kieslowski, Claude Lanzmann, and Nick Broomfield. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e The story is carried up to date by attention to the success documentaries have had among mainstream movie audiences in recent years, including Michael Moore's \u003ci\u003eBowling For Columbine\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eFahrenheit 9\/11\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Buena Vista Social Club\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eSpellbound\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eCapturing The Friedmans\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003e tre Et Avoir\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eThe Fog Of War\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Faber and Faber","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47171722543344,"sku":"9780571261451","price":21.87,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780571261451_p0.jpg?v=1763718665","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780571261451","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}