10. PLAYTIME: BALLET (1995), LA COMÉDIE-FRANÇAISE, OU L’AMOUR JOUÉ (1996), THE LAST LETTER (2002), LA DANSE—LE BALLET DE L’OPÉRA DE PARIS (2009), BOXING GYM (2010), CRAZY HORSE (2011), NATIONAL GALLERY (2014), UN COUPLE (2022)

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. CONTENTS ix
3. Acknowledgments xi
4. Preface xv
5. Introduction xix
6. 1. MAN WITH A MOVIE CAMERA 1
7. 2. AMERICAN MADNESS: TITICUT FOLLIES (1967), HIGH SCHOOL (1968), LAW AND ORDER (1969), HOSPITAL (1970), JUVENILE COURT (1973), WELFARE (1975) 28
8. 3. THE BIG PARADE: BASIC TRAINING (1971), MANOEUVRE (1979), MISSILE (1988) 64
9. 4. BLOOD OF THE BEASTS: PRIMATE (1974), MEAT (1976), RACETRACK (1985), ZOO (1993) 86
10. 5. WHEN WORLDS COLLIDE: CANAL ZONE (1977), SINAI FIELD MISSION (1978), MODEL (1980), THE STORE (1983) 115
11. 6. THE BAD AND THE BEAUTIFUL: THE COOL WORLD (1963), SERAPHITA’S DIARY (1982) 143
12. 7. YOU AND ME: ESSENE (1972), BLIND (1986), DEAF (1986), ADJUSTMENT AND WORK (1986), MULTI-HANDICAPPED (1986), ASPEN (1991) 163
13. 8. LOVE AND DEATH: NEAR DEATH (1989) 195
14. 9. THE NEVER-ENDING STORY: HIGH SCHOOL II (1994), PUBLIC HOUSING (1997), DOMESTIC VIOLENCE (2001), DOMESTIC VIOLENCE 2 (2002) 213
15. 10. PLAYTIME: BALLET (1995), LA COMÉDIE-FRANÇAISE, OU L’AMOUR JOUÉ (1996), THE LAST LETTER (2002), LA DANSE—LE BALLET DE L’OPÉRA DE PARIS (2009), BOXING GYM (2010), CRAZY HORSE (2011), NATIONAL GALLERY (2014), UN COUPLE (2022) 238
16. 11. OUR TOWN: CENTRAL PARK (1989), BELFAST, MAINE (1999), STATE LEGISLATURE (2006), AT BERKELEY (2013), IN JACKSON HEIGHTS (2015), EX-LIBRIS: THE NEW YORK PUBLIC LIBRARY (2017), MONROVIA, INDIANA (2018), CITY HALL (2020) 266
17. Filmography 293
18. Individual Awards 303
19. Retrospective Screenings 305
20. Notes 309
21. Bibliography 335
22. Index 355