thefilmbook - edited by Benjamin B » xxx etc https://thefilmbook.net Cinema art & technology edited by Benjamin B - version 3 Fri, 16 Dec 2022 18:38:27 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=3.9.40 D A Pennebaker 1925-2019 https://thefilmbook.net/2019/08/d-a-pennebaker-1925-2019/ https://thefilmbook.net/2019/08/d-a-pennebaker-1925-2019/#comments Sun, 04 Aug 2019 11:41:43 +0000 https://thefilmbook.net/?p=3523 [...]]]> D A Pennebaker has left us, my condolences to his family and friends. Click on an image to start slide show.

young Pennebaker 002 pennebaker-mount finder 003 da-pennebaker with early rig 004 da pennebaker 005 Pennebaker_Janus films Leacock shoots and Drew takes sound in PRIMARY 101 the Kennedys in landmark documentary Primary 203 filmakers Pennebaker and Leacock in 1963 - credit jed falby 204 Richard Leacock and D A Pennebaker Bob Dylan and Alan Ginsberg in D A Pennebaker s DONT LOOK BACK 301 Pennebaker shooting Bob Dylan at Savoy Hotel for DONT LOOK BACK 302 DONT LOOK BACK hotel room with Bob Dylan and Donovan 305 DONT LOOK BACK Bob Dylan plays guitare and mirror 307 Pennebaker in top hat shooting Bob Dylan press conference in DONT LOOK BACK 309 Bob Dylan in DONT LOOK BACK 310 Bob Dylan shot by D A Pennebaker 400 leacock and pennebaker at Monterey DA Pennebaker shooting MONTEREY POP 401 jimi hendrix with his burning guitare in MONTEREY POP D A Pennebaker s "love" camera for MONTEREY POP 402 Monterey Pop filmmakers 499 COMPANY by D A Pennebaker 500 D A Pennebaker and Chris Hegedus 501 chris hegedus and d a pennebaker The War Room - 1993 503 THE WAR ROOM by D A Pennebaker and Chris Hegedus 504 Chris Hegedus and D A Pennebaker - 505 KINGS OF PASTRY 2009 by Chris Hegedus and D A Pennebaker 600 D A Pennebaker with Depeche Mode 601 D A Pennebaker and kid 602 D A Pennebaker and his honorary Oscar 603 D A Pennebaker s film shelves 604 Richard Leacock, D.A. Pennebaker PENNEBAKER

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D A Pennebaker was a pioneer of cinema vérité, along with Richard Leacock and producer Robert Drew, notably shooting and editing PRIMARY, the landmark documentary about the 1960 presidential campaign.

For me, Pennebaker’s masterpiece is DONT LOOK BACK, a documentary of Bob Dylan’s tour of England in 1965, a brilliant portrait of the young poet shot in pure cinema vérité style handheld and without voice-over explanations.

Pennebaker went on to direct MONTEREY POP, with memorable performances by Jimi Hendrix, Janis Joplin and Otis Redding.

Pennebaker made his later films with his wife Chris Hegedus, including THE WAR ROOM, a view of the Clinton presidential run through the eyes of his campaign managers.

D A Pennebaker was a wonderful handheld cameraman with a distinctive zoom style, and a brilliant, incisive editor.

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Pennebaker’s credits include:
“Daybreak Express” (1958)
Primary (1960) — camera and editor
Jane (1962)
Don’t Look Back (1967)
Monterey Pop (1968)
Company: Original Cast Album (1970)
Town Bloody Hall (1979)
The War Room (1993)
Startup.com (2001)
Kings of Pastry (2010)

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