Early Experimental & Poetic Documentaries
Reading
http://www.bfi.org.uk/news-opinion/sight-sound-magazine/features/deep-focus/essay-film
Le Retour A La Raison by Man Ray (1923)
Le Retour A La Raison (The Return to Reason), film by Man Ray, 1923 Sound by Dmitry Shubin (piano), live at Experimental Sound Gallery (Saint Petersburg), 30.04.2011 http://sound.dmitryshubin.ru
A Propos de Nice (Jean Vigo, 1930)
Las Hurdes, Land without bread. (Luis Bunuel, 1933)
LOUIS BUNUEL Short film (27 min.): Land without Bread (Las Hurdes). Documentary. A filmed essay, Spain 1932.
Rien Que Les Heures (Alberto Cavalcanti, 1926)
Título original: "Rien que les heures". Material de referência da disciplina LINGUAGEM E PRODUÇÃO AUDIOVISUAL II.
Other Examples:
Berlin: Symphony of a Great City (Walter Ruttmann, 1927)
Rain (Joris Ivens, 1929)
Turksib (Victor Turin,1929)
Song of Ceylon (Basil Wright, 1934)
The Plow That Broke the Plains (Pare Lorentz, 1936)
The River (Pare Lorentz, 1937)
The City (Ralph Steiner & Willard Van Dyke, 1939)