Commando Raids on the Nature of Reality

Authors

  • Gary D. Rhodes The Queen’s University Author

Keywords:

Maidstone, cinéma vérité, improvisational filmmaking, reality and fiction, authenticity in cinema

Abstract

An examination of the cinéma verité movement in terms of its influence on Maidstone (1970), a film that attempts to offer unfettered access to “reality.”

Author Biography

  • Gary D. Rhodes, The Queen’s University

    Gary D. Rhodes is a Lecturer at The Queen’s University in Belfast, Northern Ireland. He is the author of such books as Lugosi (McFarland, 1997), White Zombie: Anatomy of a Horror Film (McFarland, 2002), and Alma Rubens, Silent Snowbird (McFarland, 2006), as well as the editor of such anthologies as Horror at the Drive-In (McFarland, 2001), Edgar G. Ulmer: Detour on Poverty Row (Lexington, 2008), and The Films of Joseph H. Lewis (Wayne State University, 2010-pending). Rhodes is also the writer-director of such documentary films as Lugosi: Hollywood’s Dracula (1997), Chair (2000), and Banned in Oklahoma (2004).

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Published

2026-03-14

Issue

Vol. 3 No. 1 (2009): Beyond Fiction

Section

Mailer and Film