Okay, this is how allmovie.com define the essay film:
"An odd hybrid of the documentary and experimental form, the essay film
couples visual -- usually documentary -- images with extensive narration to
create a cohesive cinematic thesis. These films often skew all forms of
conventions of both fiction and mainstream non-fiction films: there is no
plot as such and few interviews. Instead there is solely the argument of the
film. The themes that this style addresses often concern memory, ethnography
and the medium of cinema itself. Chris Marker's brilliant Sans Soleil is
considered to be the exemplar of this category."
Henry
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