Angels, stones, hunters: murder, celebrity and direct cinema

Taylor, Aaron

Angels, stones, hunters: murder, celebrity and direct cinema

dc.contributor.author	Taylor, Aaron
dc.date.accessioned	2018-05-31T17:16:49Z
dc.date.available	2018-05-31T17:16:49Z
dc.date.issued	2011
dc.description	Sherpa Romeo green journal. This is a pre-copyedited version of an article accepted for publication in Studies in Documentary Film following peer review. The definitive publisher-authenticated version is available through Taylor & Francis.	en_US
dc.description.abstract	Direct cinema’s attempt to withhold itself from the world is ethically problematic. The helplessness of documentary subjects and audiences is underscored by this observational style. In Gimme Shelter – a concert film by Albert and David Maysles and Charlotte Zwerin about the Rolling Stones and the fatal violence at the Altamont Speedway Free Festival – social actors are forced to submit to a representational frame they cannot ‘see’, let alone access. Moreover, the audience’s own distance from the pro-filmic events is doubly assured: the film maker’s policy of non-interference precludes and/or renders moot a viewer’s impossible desire to intercede on the subjects’ behalf.	en_US
dc.description.peer-review	Yes	en_US
dc.identifier.citation	Taylor, A. (2011). Angels, stones, hunters: Murder, celebrity and direct cinema. Studies in Documentary Film, 5(1), 45-60.	en_US
dc.identifier.uri	https://hdl.handle.net/10133/5112
dc.language.iso	en_US	en_US
dc.publisher	Taylor & Francis	en_US
dc.publisher.department	New Media Department	en_US
dc.publisher.faculty	Arts and Science	en_US
dc.publisher.institution	University of Lethbridge	en_US
dc.subject	Direct cinema	en_US
dc.subject	Ethics	en_US
dc.subject	Documentary	en_US
dc.subject	Murder	en_US
dc.subject	Celebrity	en_US
dc.subject	Power	en_US
dc.title	Angels, stones, hunters: murder, celebrity and direct cinema	en_US
dc.type	Article	en_US