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Conversations with Willard Van Dyke
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"Bless the documentary form. How effortlessly it broadens our knowledge of the world or lets us see in the round men and women whose names might only be impersonal landmarks in the history of a period... Urbane and fascinating..."
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In 1935 photographer Willard Van Dyke moved to New York with the belief that films "could change the world" and began a new career as a filmmaker. His name soon became synonymous with social documentary in the U.S. His images of cottonfields, steelmills and industrial towns, and his portraits of unemployed factory workers and their families, provide an invaluable chronicle of those years and have become timeless examples of cinematic art. A candid portrait of a distinguished and outspoken man, this film includes conversations with colleagues Ralph Steiner, Joris Ivens and Donald Richie; footage of Edward Weston, his close friend and mentor; and many excerpts. It explores the dilemma of anyone with a social conscience who must face the harsh realities of earning a living while retaining their integrity. And it reveals a man in his seventies still determined to do good creative work. Appropriate for:
59 minutes • VHS
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REVIEWS "Conversations With Willard Van Dyke is good teaching material. Documentary in its own form, it deals with this subject at the personal level of choices, revealing in both form and content the problems and possibilities of the documentary filmmaker. For photography students there is much that delights and begs discussion." "...simultaneously a history of the documentary movement in the United States, a portrait of a dynamic human being, and a sensitive treatment of the process of aging. What we have here is a film of universal quality and usefulness." "...a well-made documentary which wisely leaves Van Dyke's stills and selected movie sequences to do most of the talking." The Independent Film & Video Monthly full review Sheila Benson The Los Angeles Times full review
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