Docufictions : essays on the intersection of documentary and fictional filmmaking / edited by Gary D. Rhodes and John Parris Springer.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Rhodes, Gary Don, 1972-

Springer, John Parris, 1955-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Documentary-style films--History and criticism.

Documentary-style films.

Physical Description:

x, 294 pages ; 26 cm

Place of Publication:

Jefferson, N.C. : McFarland & Co., [2006]

Summary:

"These 18 essays examine the relationships between narrative fiction films and documentary filmmaking. Topics include the docudrama in early cinema, the industrial film as faux documentary, the fear evoked in 1950s science fiction films, the selling of "reality" in mockumentaries, and reality television and documentary forms"--Provided by publisher.

Contents:

1 Docudrama and Mock-Documentary: Defining Terms, Proposing Canons / Steven N. Lipkin, Derek Paget, Jane Roscoe 11

2 The Newspaper Meets the Dime Novel: Docudrama in Early Cinema / John Parris Springer 27

3 On the Edges of Fiction: Silent Actualites, City Symphonies and Early SF Movies / Mark Bould 43

4 This Reality Which Is Not One: Flaherty, Bunuel and the Irrealism of Documentary Cinema / Jared F. Green 64

5 Reconstructing Reality: The Industrial Film as Faux Documentary / Donald Levin 88

6 "Documenting" Communist Subversion: The Case of I Was a Communist for the F.B.I. (1951) / Reynold Humphries 102

7 Teaching Fear in 1950s Science Fiction Films / Michael Lee 124

8 Mondo Barnum / Doug Bentin 144

9 In Search of Questions, or, A New Age Film Odyssey / Gary D. Rhodes 154

10 Artifice and Artificiality in Mockumentaries / Gerd Bayer 164

11 "It Ain't the Movies! It's Real Life!" Cinematic Alchemy in Woody Allen's "Woody Allen" D(M)oc(k)umentary Oeuvre / Robert Sickels 179

12 "That's Really the Title?" Deconstructing Deconstruction in The Positively True Adventures of the Alleged Texas Cheerleader-Murdering Mom (1993) and Real Life (1978) / Harvey O'Brien 191

13 Man Bites Dog: Deconstructing the Documentary Look / Jane Roscoe 205

14 Stanley Kwan's Centre Stage (1992): Postmodern Reflections of the Mirror Within the Mirror / Wayne Stein 216

15 Fool's Gold: New Zealand's Forgotten Silver, Myth and National Identity / Ian Conrich, Roy Smith 230

16 Before Big Brother, There Was Blair Witch: The Selling of "Reality" / Fincina Hopgood 237

17 Chasing the Real: Reality Television and Documentary Forms / Leigh H. Edwards 253

18 The Future of Documentary? "Conditional Tense" Documentary and the Historical Record / Paul Ward 270.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0786421843

OCLC:

60311848