About the Author

Keith Beattie is a member of the Faculty of Arts of Deakin University, Melbourne.

Reviews

Documentary has too often been regarded as the sober reverse-side of fiction in cinema: grey, instructional, wedded to ponderous, old-fashioned notions of realism. Keith Beattie's exciting Documentary Display throws the question of documentary open—both in its production and its reception—and, at the same time, re-opens our eyes to its very diverse, frequently spectacular history... This book re-defines a cinematic genre, and in the process challenges us to embrace the sensual, poetic and thoroughly entertaining aspects of non-fiction film.
*Adrian Martin, Senior Research Fellow, Monash University, Melbourne*