John Walker's Passage - Couverture souple

Varga, Darrell

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1442614196 ISBN 13 : 9781442614192

Editeur : University of Toronto Press, 2012

Synopsis

John Walker is one of Canada's most prolific and important documentary filmmakers and is known for his many thoughtful, personally inflected films. His masterwork, Passage, centres on Sir John Franklin's failed expedition to find the final link of the Northwest Passage connecting the Atlantic and Pacific oceans through the Canadian Arctic. It also gives us the story of John Rae, the Scottish explorer who discovered the fate of Franklin and the final link in the passage, but was left to the margins of history. Walker's film brings to this story a layering of dramatic action and behind-the-scenes documentary footage that build tension between the story of the past and interpretations of the present.Darrell Varga provides a close analysis of Passage, situating it within Walker's rich body of work and the Canadian documentary tradition. Varga illuminates how the film can be viewed through the lens of Harold Innis's theories of communication and culture, opening up the work of this great Canadian political economist to film studies.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Darrell Varga is a filmmaker and educator living in Halifax. He holds a Canada Research Chair Award in Film Studies.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: University of Toronto Press
• Date d'édition: 2012
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1442614196
• ISBN 13: 9781442614192
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 152
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
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