''The Impulse to Preserve'' is
Robert Gardner's 2006 memoir about his career creating
actuality film
The actuality film is a non-fiction film genre that, like the documentary film, uses footage of real events, places, and things. Unlike the documentaries, actuality films are not structured into a larger argument, picture of the phenomenon or coh ...
s. The book's title comes from the Philip Larkin quotation: "The impulse to preserve lies at the bottom of all art."
References
The Impulse to Preserve: Reflections of a Filmmaker
External links
Robert Gardner website
Non-fiction books about film directors and producers
Show business memoirs
2006 non-fiction books
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