At 08:51 AM 8/29/2006 +0100, you wrote:
>I am writing a dissertation on the use of archive footage within narrative
>cinema. Can anyone give me some recent examples of the insertion of this
>type of footage within the mainstream. I will be using the Joe McCarthy
>clips from "Goodnight & Good Luck" as an example.
I'm not sure how 'mainstream' can a small, obscure Russian movie be
considered, but I would like to take this opportunity to recommend 'First
on the Moon" (Pervye na lune), a brilliant SF-mockumentary by Aleksey
Fedorchenko. This venture into history of Russian space program uses only
three minutes of actual archive footage, but it is so seamlessly blended
with mock-documentary scenes and props (most of which, including "historic"
documents allegedly from KGB archives, was custom-made for the purpose of
the production) - it is really hard to believe that events portrayed in the
movie never actually happened.
Best,
KS
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