Drifters (1929 film)
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Drifters (1929 film)
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Drifters is a 1929 silent documentary film by John Grierson, his first and only "personal" film. It tells the story of Britain's North Sea herring fishery. The film's style has been described as being a "response to avant-garde, Modernist films, adopting formal techniques such as montage – constructive editing emphasising the rhythmic juxtaposition of images – but also aimed to make a socially directed commentary on its subject". The film was successful both critically and commercially and helpe
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1929 British film by John Grierson
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drifters_(1929_film)
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2011-07-19T20:23:46Z
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2024-09-05T02:30:04Z
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