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This definiton would exclude pretty well all documentaries except, perhaps, Fred Wiseman's work, some "fly on the wall" work and docu-soaps. > ---------- > From: Matt Teichman[SMTP:[log in to unmask]] > Reply To: Film-Philosophy Salon > Sent: 05 July 2001 01:44 > To: [log in to unmask] > Subject: Re: Aguirre > > This definition would exclude most documentaries made before the late 50s, > including the films produced by John Grierson, who invented the term. > > > > >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. >