Fake docs like 'No Lies' and 'Daughter Rite' don’t really question the concept of truth in any profound way. They are also genre specific to Cinema Verite. If anything, the problem with Daubghter Rite is that the gimmick of the fakery subverts the theme more than it deepens it.
So you can stage sequences with the same shooting and editing codes used in verite. So what? The famous short sequence on the bridge repeated three times in Letter from Siberia probably does more to "question the concept of 'truth in documentary’" than all the clever fakes and fauxs put together. Bernie mentioned Nichols’ ‘Intro to Documentary’ as touching on the topic, but I think his “Blurred Boundaries” is probably more relevant, though as usual the prose is hardly user-friendly. _______________________________________________ FrameWorks mailing list [email protected] https://mailman-mail5.webfaction.com/listinfo/frameworks
