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Originally posted by benc
Documen- try: Presenting facts objectively without editorializing or inserting fictional matter
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What's that? The new right wing definition?
Here are a few real film industry definitions of what a Do-cumentary film is:
"Do-cumentary is the creative treatment of actuality."
-- John Grierson, Cinema Quarterly 2.1, 8.
"A nonfiction film about real events and people, often avoiding traditional narrative structures."
--Timothy Corrigan, A Short Guide to Writing About Film, 4th ed., 206.
"A film or video presentation of actual events using the real people involved and not actors."
--John W. Cones, Film Finance and Distribution, 154.
"A term with a wide latitude of meaning, basically used to refer to any film or program not wholly fictional in nature."
--James Monaco, The Dictionary of New Media, 94.
http://www.realityfilm.com/study/definitions.html
Are you claiming that Moore's movies don't fit the industry definition?
Stop listening to Rush!