"The essay film tends to transgress the traditional boundaries of the
non-fictional, i.e. by including [...] recreated/staged
material [...]"
Wouldn't this allow Flaherty and the GPO Unit as essayists? If so, I'm
not sure who set these traditional boundaries.
Henry Miller
On 4/28/06, Henry Taylor <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> The essay film tends to transgress the traditional boundaries of the
> non-fictional, i.e. by including fictional elements and recreated/staged
> material, often also autobiographical aspects, and makes use of the whole
> spectrum of documentary techniques, including reflexivity, and is, as its
> name implies, to some extent an experiment/experimental in cutting across
> generic boundaries. It tends to combine the objective with the subjective,
> the personal. Traditionally cited examples include Alain Resnais' NIGHT AND
> FOG (1955), Godfrey Reggio's KOYAANITSQATSI (1982) and Chris Marker's SANS
> SOLEIL (1982). But of course there are hundreds of examples. And perhaps
> this is the way more and more "documentaries" are being made today?
>
> Henry
>
>
> on 28.4.2006 9:06 Uhr, Nicola Hopkins at [log in to unmask] wrote:
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> > How can we define the 'essay' film and how can it be considered different to
> > documentary?
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