| Description |
x, 294 pages ; 26 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Docudrama and mock-documentary : defining terms, proposing canons / Steven N. Lipkin, Derek Paget and Jane Roscoe -- Newspaper meets the dime novel : docudrama in early cinema / John Parris Springer -- On the edges of fiction : silent actualitäs, city symphonies and early SF movies / Mark Bould -- This reality which is not one : flaherty, buûuel and the irrealism of documentary cinema / Jared F. Green -- Reconstructing reality : the industrial film as faux documentary / Donald Levin -- "Documenting" communist subversion : the case of I was a communist for the F.B.I. (1951) / Reynold Humphries -- Teaching fear in 1950s science fiction films / Michael Lee -- Mondo Barnum / Doug Bentin -- In search of questions, or, a new age film odyssey / Gary D. Rhodes -- Artifice and artificiality in mockumentaries / Gerd Bayer -- "It ain't the movies! it's real life!" cinematic alchemy in Woody Allen's "Woody Allen" d(m)oc(k)umentary oeuvre / Robert Sickels -- "That's really the title?" deconstructing deconstruction in the positively true adventures of the alleged Texas cheerleader-murdering mom (1993) and real life (1978) / Harvey O'brien -- Man bites dog : deconstructing the documentary look / Jane Roscoe -- Stanley Kwan's centre stage (1992): postmodern reflections of the mirror within the mirror / Wayne Stein -- Fool's gold : New Zealand's forgotten silver, myth and national identity / Ian Conrich and Roy Smith -- Before big brother, there was Blair witch: the selling of "reality" / Fincina Hopgood -- Chasing the real : reality television and documentary forms / Leigh H. Edwards -- Future of documentary? "conditional tense" documentary and the historical record / Paul Ward |
| Summary |
"These 18 essays examine the relationships between narrative fiction films and documentary filmmaking. Topics include the docudrama in early cinema, the industrial film as faux documentary, the fear evoked in 1950s science fiction films, the selling of "reality" in mockumentaries, and reality television and documentary forms"--Provided by publisher. |
| Subject |
Documentary-style films -- History and criticism.
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Documentary-style films. |
| Added Author |
Rhodes, Gary Don, 1972-
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Springer, John Parris, 1955-
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| Other Form: |
Online version: Docufictions. Jefferson, N.C. : McFarland & Co., c2006 (OCoLC)607666825 |
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Online version: Docufictions. Jefferson, N.C. : McFarland & Co., c2006 (OCoLC)609916641 |
| ISBN |
0786421843 paperback alkaline paper |
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9780786421848 paperback alkaline paper |
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