Matt
> Would you care to share your preferred meaning of the
word "documentary"
> with us?
Well, I've a busy schedule, so it will have to be a simple
answer - which I'm sure will be contentious.
I've always understood 'documentary' to mean events/objects
photographed or filmed actually undergoing the events that
are being represented, rather than undergoing events as if
they were actually happening. This does not include staging
re-enactments, or anything similar. "Reconstructions" are,
well, *difficult" for me to accept as documentary.
So Aguirre, kind of, doesn't count.
A bit simplistic, but there you are, I'm not an expert.
all the best
Damian
Damian Peter Sutton
University of Glasgow
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