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2 of 5 people found the following review helpful:
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The February 2, 1997 reviewer didn't read the book.
Please take the FEb 2, 1997 review off the web. It doesn't make any sense ("inclusion"?) and it assumes things about the author that are not in the book itself ("failed academic" and "paranoid"). The review borders on being actionable....
Published on June 4, 1999
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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:
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poor scholarship
A very poor book on a fascinating documentary series. The Middletown Film Project represented a significant crossroads for American documentary, and the ethical and censorship controversies raised (particularly by one film in the series, "Seventeen") presaged many of the issues American documentary makers were to face in the decades that followed...
Published on September 7, 2006 by a reader
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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:
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poor scholarship,
By a reader (San Francisco) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Middletown: The Making of a Documentary Film Series (Visual Anthropology) (Hardcover)
A very poor book on a fascinating documentary series.
The Middletown Film Project represented a significant crossroads for American documentary, and the ethical and censorship controversies raised (particularly by one film in the series, "Seventeen") presaged many of the issues American documentary makers were to face in the decades that followed. Unfortunately, Hoover's understanding of documentary is woefully simplistic. He fails to grasp key issues around documentary and broadcast practice, and the text is riddled with factual errors. Frankly, I'm surprised that this book is in print.
2 of 3 people found the following review helpful:
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Dull,
By A Customer
This review is from: Middletown : The Making of a Documentary Film Series (Visual Anthropology, Vol 2) (Paperback)
A waste of time. The author doesn't know anything about documentary filmmaking or visual anthropology, and it clearly shows.
2 of 3 people found the following review helpful:
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A badly written vendetta, by a failed academic.,
By A Customer
This review is from: Middletown : The Making of a Documentary Film Series (Visual Anthropology, Vol 2) (Paperback)
Hoover felt slighted by his total inclusion from the production of these films, and wrote this
hard-to-follow book as payback. Unlike most paranoid vendettas, this one isn't even interesting... a
waste of money.
2 of 5 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
The February 2, 1997 reviewer didn't read the book.,
By A Customer
This review is from: Middletown : The Making of a Documentary Film Series (Visual Anthropology, Vol 2) (Paperback)
Please take the FEb 2, 1997 review off the web. It doesn't make any sense ("inclusion"?) and it assumes things about the author that are not in the book itself ("failed academic" and "paranoid"). The review borders on being actionable....
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Middletown : The Making of a Documentary Film Series (Visual Anthropology, Vol 2) by Dwight W. Hoover (Paperback - January 3, 1992)
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