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Candid Eye

Candid Eye
GenreDocumentary
Written byStrowan Robertson
Stanley Jackson
Directed byTerence Macartney-Filgate
Stanley Jackson
Wolf Koenig
Roman Kroitor
William Greaves
Gilles Gascon (asst.)
Narrated byStanley Jackson
ComposersEldon Rathburn
Pete Seeger
Sonny Terry
Original languageEnglish
No. of seasons1
No. of episodes8 (to 14)
Production
Executive producerTom Daly
ProducersRoman Kroitor
Wolf Koenig
John Spotton
CinematographyMichel Brault
Georges Dufaux
Reginald H. Morris
Terence Macartney-Filgate
Jean Roy
Wolf Koenig
EditorsJohn Spotton
James Beveridge
William Greaves
Bruce Parsons
Édouard Davidovici
Roman Kroitor
Wolf Koenig
René Laporte
Tom Daly
Lucien Marleau
Kathleen Shannon (sound)
Stuart Baker (sound)
George Croll (sound)
Frank Orban (sound)
Michael McKennirey (sound)
Don Wellington (sound)
Running time24–30 minutes[1]
Production companyNational Film Board of Canada
Original release
NetworkCBC Television
Release26 October (1958-10-26) –
7 December 1958 (1958-12-07)
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Candid Eye is a Canadian documentary television series which aired on CBC Television in 1958 and was expanded into 1961.

Production

Wolf Koenig, Terence Macartney-Filgate, and Stanley Jackson filmed The Days Before Christmas in December 1957, and the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation and National Film Board requested six more episodes after seeing it. The Days Before Christmas was later released in December 1958, while Blood and Fire aired as the first episode on 26 October 1958.[2][3]

Tom Daly served as the executive producer. Multiple names were suggested for the show, including The Roving Eye, but Candid Eye was selected, despite fears that it would be confused with Candid Camera.[3]

Candid Eye, influenced by British Free Cinema films[4] and the work of Henri Cartier-Bresson, was one of the NFB's very first experiments in Cinéma vérité. The films were observational, shot on location using the NFB's new mobile, light-weight equipment. Only Festival in Puerto Rico had a script, and Pilgrimage, The Days Before Christmas, Police, and Blood and Fire involved large crowds. The Back-Breaking Leaf and Country Threshing were shot in fields; The Cars in Your Life, using slow-motion and pop-on-pop-off photography, was shot, in part, on a highway. The series has been credited as helping to inspire the Cinéma vérité documentary movement.[5]

The show was successful--Blood and Fire won a Canadian film award and an American television award.[6] (Later, The Back-Breaking Leaf would win the Eurovision Grand Prix at the Cannes Film Festival.) Six additional episodes were requested, although they would air under the name Documentary '60 after the CBC asked the NFB to rebrand Candid Eye, Frontiers, and The World in Action into one show.[3] The Candid Eye is now classified as one 14-film series.[7]

Episodes

No.TitleDirected byWritten byOriginal release date
1"Blood and Fire"Terence Macartney-Filgate[8]N/A26 October 1958 (1958-10-26)[3][9]
The activities of The Salvation Army. Awards: 2
2"A Foreign Language"Stanley Jackson[8]N/A2 November 1958 (1958-11-02)[10][3][11]
The teaching of English to immigrant children in a Montreal school.
3"Country Threshing"Wolf Koenig[8]N/A9 November 1958 (1958-11-09)[3][12]
The activities of a farm in the Eastern Townships of Quebec
4"Pilgrimage"Terence Macartney-Filgate[8]N/A16 November 1958 (1958-11-16)[3][13]
Invalid and disabled pilgrims flock to Saint Joseph's Oratory.
5"Memory of Summer"Stanley Jackson[8]N/A23 November 1958 (1958-11-23)[3][14]
Depictions of the magic of childhood include playing and singing.
6"Police"Terence Macartney-Filgate[8]N/A30 November 1958 (1958-11-30)[3][15]
The daily routine of Toronto Police Service officers.
7"The Days Before Christmas"Wolf Koenig
Terence Macartney-Filgate
Stanley Jackson		N/A7 December 1958 (1958-12-07)[10][16]
The sights and sounds of preparations for Christmas in Montreal.
8"Glenn Gould - Off the Record"Wolf Koenig
Roman Kroitor		Stanley Jackson (commentary)1959 (1959)[17]
The concert pianist relaxes, and discusses composition, at his lakeside cottage.
9"Glenn Gould - On the Record"Wolf Koenig
Roman Kroitor		Stanley Jackson (commentary)1959 (1959)[18]
Gould is in New York, where he is filmed recording Bach's Italian Concerto.
10"Emergency Ward"William GreavesStanley Jackson (commentary)1959 (1959)[19]
A day in the life of the emergency ward at Montreal General Hospital.
11"The Back-Breaking Leaf"Terence Macartney-FilgateStanley Jackson (commentary)1959 (1959)[20]
A sympathetic depiction of the manual tobacco harvest in southwestern Ontario. Awards: 3, including the Eurovision Grand Prix at the 1960 Cannes Film Festival.
12"End of the Line"Terence Macartney-FilgateN/A1959 (1959)[21]
A nostalgic look at the steam locomotive, with music by Pete Seeger and Sonny Terry.
13"The Cars in Your Life"Terence Macartney-FilgateStanley Jackson (commentary)1960 (1960)[22]
A humorous look at 'motormania'. Awards: 1
14"Festival in Puerto Rico"Wolf Koenig
Roman Kroitor		Strowan Robertson1961 (1961)[23]
Canadian contralto Maureen Forrester performs at the Casals Festival.

References

  1. ^ Evans 1991, p. 73.
  2. ^ Evans 1991, p. 72–73.
  3. ^ a b c d e f g h i "Watch The Candid Eye, Our Seminal Documentary Series". National Film Board. 24 April 2018. Archived from the original on 25 October 2022.
  4. ^ "Candid Eye". cfe.tiff.net. Canadian Film Encyclopedia. Retrieved 6 March 2023.
  5. ^ Aitken, Ian (27 October 2005). Encyclopedia of the Documentary Film. Routledge. p. 168. ISBN 978-1579584450.
  6. ^ "Blood and Fire". onf-nfb.gc.ca. National Film Board of Canada. Retrieved 6 March 2023.
  7. ^ "The Candid Eye". nfb.ca. National Film Board of Canada. Retrieved 6 March 2023.
  8. ^ a b c d e f "The Candid Eye Television Series". National Film Board. Archived from the original on 25 October 2022.
  9. ^ "Blood and Fire". nfb.ca. National Film Board of Canada. Retrieved 6 March 2023.
  10. ^ a b Evans 1991, p. 72.
  11. ^ "A Foreign Language". nfb.ca. National Film Board of Canada. Retrieved 6 March 2023.
  12. ^ "Country Threshing". nfb.ca. National Film Board of Canada. Retrieved 6 March 2023.
  13. ^ "Pilgrimage". nfb.ca. National Film Board of Canada. Retrieved 6 March 2023.
  14. ^ "Memory of Summer". nfb.ca. National Film Board of Canada. Retrieved 6 March 2023.
  15. ^ "Police". nfb.ca. National Film Board of Canada. Retrieved 6 March 2023.
  16. ^ "The Days Before Christmas". nfb.ca. National Film Board of Canada. Retrieved 6 March 2023.
  17. ^ "Glenn Gould - Off the Record". nfb.ca. National Film Board of Canada. Retrieved 6 March 2023.
  18. ^ "Glenn Gould - On the Record". nfb.ca. National Film Board of Canada. Retrieved 6 March 2023.
  19. ^ "Emergency Ward". nfb.ca. National Film Board of Canada. Retrieved 6 March 2023.
  20. ^ "The Back-Breaking Leaf". nfb.ca. National Film Board of Canada. Retrieved 6 March 2023.
  21. ^ "End of the Line". nfb.ca. National Film Board of Canada. Retrieved 6 March 2023.
  22. ^ "The Cars in Your Life". nfb.ca. National Film Board of Canada. Retrieved 6 March 2023.
  23. ^ "Festival in Puerto Rico". nfb.ca. National Film Board of Canada. Retrieved 6 March 2023.

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