Donald Shebib's Goin' down the road

by Pevere, Geoff

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Title Statements

Full title :Donald Shebib's Goin' down the road / Geoff Pevere.

Summary

"Since its release in July 1970, Donald Shebib's low-budget road movie about displaced Maritimers in Toronto has become one of the most celebrated Canadian movies ever made. In this study of Goin' Down the Road, renowned film critic Geoff Pevere provides an engaging account of how a film produced under largely improvised circumstances became the most influential Canadian movie of its day as well as an enduring cultural touchstone.

Featuring extensive interviews with the film's key participants, Pevere provides behind-the-scenes history and explores how the movie's meaning and interpretation have changed over time. He gives special attention to the question of why the film's creative mix of documentary techniques, road movie tropes, and social commentary have proven so popular and influential in Canadian filmmaking for decades."--Pub. desc.

Edition Statements

Publication Date:©2012.

Publication Statements

Publisher(s):University of Toronto Press
Place of Publication:Toronto
Language:eng
Publication Date:©2012.

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"TIFF."

The Physical Object

Description:137 pages : : illustrations ; : 20 cm.

Edition Identifiers

ISBN:9781442645899, 144264589X, 9781442614109, 1442614102
oclc:ocn791161970
LC Classification:PN1997.G56835
Dewey Decimal:791.43/72

Chapter one: Surfing from Scarborough -- Chapter two: Beginner's License -- Chapter three: The Road Rolls -- Chapter four: Is This The One? -- Chapter five: Victims of the Rainbow -- Chapter six: Re-surfacing -- Chapter seven: Pete, Joey, Garth, Gord, and Jesus too -- Chapter eight: Further.

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