Andre Bazin on Documentary

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Andre Bazin on Documentary

Cinema's Urge to Explore

Bazin, Andre; Glassman, Deborah; Andrew, Dudley; Durovicova, Natasa

University of California Press

04/2026

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9780520399426

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Contents

Acknowledgments

Introduction: Exploring Bazin on Documentary

PART ONE. FILMS OF EXPLORATION
1. The Evolution of the Exploration Film
2. Kon-Tiki; The Grandeur and Servitude of Filmed Reportage
3. Scott of the Antarctic: Ice Without Eskimos
4. Le Monde de silence (dir. Jacques Cousteau)
5. A Terrific Program: Annapurna, Water Birds, Le Grand Melies
6. Spiritual Adventures: Naufrage volontaire and La Foret sacree
7. La Foret sacree (The sacred forest)
8. Iawa: Man, the Unknown
9. Now Showing: Lost Continent
10. Lost Continent
11. A Mock Documentary: Lost Continent
12. Naked Amazon, "Dressed Up" Just a Bit
13. Empire in the Sun
14. The Last Paradise
15. Will Italian Cinema Abandon . . . Neorealism for Neo-exoticism?
16. The Flute and the Arrow at Cannes
17. Hunters, Learn to Hunt!
18. Paysans noirs (Black farmers)
19. A Teacher in Africa: La Plus Belle des vies
20. Les Maitres fous (dir. Jean Rouch)

PART TWO. DOCUMENTARY SUBJECTS
A. Environment and the Humans Within It
21. Landscape in Cinema
22. The Tour de France of French Cinema
23. Farrebique, the Paradox of Realism
24. Long Live Farrebique!
25. Louisiana Story
26. A Great Film: Flaherty's Louisiana Story
27. Crin Blanc (White Mane)

B. Animals in the Lead
28. The Science Film: Accidental Beauty
29. Animal Films Reveal the World of Cinema
30. The Great Adventure
31. The Perils of Perri
32. In the Sands of Central Asia, an Admirable Documentary
33. Pity for the Animals
34. Toro: A Revolution in Realism
35. Afternoon of the Bulls: Ninety Minutes of Truth
36. Death Every Afternoon: La Course de taureaux

C. The Extraordinary Within the Ordinary
37. Here's Proof That the Short Is a Spectacle
38. Sports Reporting in Televised News
39. Winter Olympics: Skiing and Cinema
40. Soviet Documentaries: In the Circus Arena and Whaling in the Antarctic
41. Lourdes et ses miracles
42. A Tele-Lensed Film: Little Fugitive

D. Bringing History Back to Life
43. La Bataille du rail (The Battle of the Rails)
44. La Bataille du rail and Ivan the Terrible
45. On Why We Fight: History, Documents, and Newsreels
46. A True Film: Leclerc
47. In Search of Lost Time: Paris 1900
48. Clemenceau by Clemenceau
49. Andre Gide, Alive and Well!
50. Hotel des Invalides (dir. Georges Franju)

E. The New French Documentary
51. Statues Always Die Twice (dir. Alain Resnais and Chris Marker)
52. Nuit et brouillard (Night and Fog, dir. Alain Resnais)
53. En liberte sur les routes d'URSS and Chris Marker's Dimanche a Pekin
54. Lettre de Siberie (dir. Chris Marker)
55. Lettre de Siberie in a New Style: The "Documented Essay"

F. Documentary at the Edge: Art and Death
56. God, the Painter, and the Film on Art
57. Picasso, Clouzot, and Metamorphosis
58. Le Mystere Picasso
59. Death on the Screen

G. Envoi
60. Every Film Is a Social Documentary

ADDENDUM: TWO ESSENTIAL ESSAYS TRANSLATED BY HUGH GRAY
61. Cinema and Exploration
62. Painting and Cinema

Appendix: Chronological List of Articles
Index of Film Titles
General Index
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Andre Bazin;documentary film theory;film criticism;essay film;docu-fiction;cinema studies;film aesthetics;documentary history;Robert Flaherty;Jean Rouch;Alain Resnais;Chris Marker;French film criticism;realism in cinema;films of exploration