| 词条 | Fires Were Started |
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| name =Fires Were Started | image =Still from the documentary "Fires Were Started".jpg | image_size = | caption =Still from the documentary Fires Were Started | director =Humphrey Jennings | producer =Ian Dalrymple | writer =Humphrey Jennings | narrator = | starring = William Sansom George Gravett Phillip Wilson-Dickson Fred Griffiths Loris Rey Johnny Houghton T.P. Smith John Barker | music =William Alwyn | cinematography =C.M. Pennington-Richards | editing =Stewart McAllister | distributor =Crown Film Unit | released =12 April 1943 (UK) | runtime =65 min. | country =United Kingdom | language =English | budget = }} Fires Were Started is a 1943 British film written and directed by Humphrey Jennings, filmed in documentary style, showing the lives of firefighters through the Blitz during the Second World War. The film uses actual firemen (including Cyril Demarne) rather than professional actors. ProductionExterior shots were filmed on location, while the interior scenes were shot at Pinewood Studios. Jennings's first cut of the film - titled I Was a Fireman ran to 74 minutes, which was cut down to 65 minutes and released as Fires Were Started. Critical receptionFilm critics mostly praised the film for its realism and documentary value, despite its reconstructions. Dilys Powell, of the Sunday Times declared its authenticity to be 'moving and terrifying'.[1] See also
References1. ^Winston, Fires Were Started, p. 66. Bibliography
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