| Description |
ix, 222 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm |
| Contents |
1. Factual discourse and the cultural placing of documentary -- 2. Recent transformations of the documentary genre -- 3. A cousin for the drama-documentary: Situating the mock-documentary -- 4. Building a mock-documentary schema -- 5. A suggested genealogy -- 6. Degree one: parody -- 7. Degree two: critique and hoax -- 8. Degree three: deconstruction Conclusion |
| Summary |
This book assumes boundaries between 'fact' and 'fiction'. The authors examine mock-documentary through the specific relationship which the form constructs with documentary. This is part of a wider discussion of the increasingly fragile association between factual codes and conventions and the discourses which underpin the documentary genre. Their analysis includes detailed discussions of a number of key mock-documentary texts, ranging from Woody Allen's Zelig, Peter Greenaway's The Falls, and the Beatles spoof The Rutles through to such classic examples as Bob Roberts, This is Spinal Tap and Man Bites Dog |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages [206]-216) and index |
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Filmography: pages [190]-205 |
| Subject |
Documentary-style films.
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| Author |
Hight, Craig.
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| LC no. |
2001055895 |
| ISBN |
0719056411 paperback |
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0719056403 |
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0719056403 hardback |
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