Night Mail (Bfi Film Classics)
Publisher: British Film Institute; BFI
Published: December 17, 2007
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 96
ISBN-13: 9781844572274
Subjects: Film theory & criticism; Performing Arts; Pop Arts / Pop Culture; Cinema/Film: Book; Film & Video - General; Performing Arts / General; Documentary films; Great Britain; History; Night mail. (Motion picture : 1936)
Description: Night Mail (1936) is one of the best loved and best known films in the canon of British documentary cinema. Bringing together the creative talents of Harry Watt, Basil Wright, W.H. Auden and Benjamin Britten, the film gave John Grierson's documentary school its first popular success.