{"product_id":"making-dead-birds-robert-gardner-9780873658232","title":"Making Dead Birds: Chronicle of a Film","description":"\u003cp\u003eRobert Gardner's classic \u003ci\u003eDead Birds\u003c\/i\u003e is one of the most highly acclaimed and controversial documentary films ever made. This detailed and candid account of the process of making \u003ci\u003eDead Birds\u003c\/i\u003e, from the birth of the idea through filming in New Guinea to editing and releasing the finished film, is more than the chronicle of a single work. It is also a thoughtful examination of what it meant to record the moving and violent rituals of warrior-farmers in the New Guinea highlands and to present to the world a graphic story of their behavior as a window onto our own. Letters, journals, telegrams, newspaper clippings, and over 50 images are assembled to recreate a vivid chronology of events. \u003ci\u003eMaking Dead Birds\u003c\/i\u003e not only addresses the art and practice of filmmaking, but also explores issues of representation and the discovery of meaning in human lives. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eGardner led a remarkable cast of participants on the 1961 expedition. All brought back extraordinary bodies of work. Probably most influential of all was \u003ci\u003eDead Birds\u003c\/i\u003e, which marked a sea change in nonfiction filmmaking. This book takes the reader inside the creative process of making that landmark film and offers a revealing look into the heart and mind of one of the great filmmakers of our time.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Robert Gardner\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 087365823X\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780873658232\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology,\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/01\/2008\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 160\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.45lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 10.45h x 7.36w x 0.46d","brand":"Robert Gardner","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":46250452091135,"sku":"9780873658232","price":35.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_0d0dd8b6-bf8e-44e2-8076-ff2845c3ad1f.jpg?v=1729600362","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/making-dead-birds-robert-gardner-9780873658232","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}