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The Philosophy of Documentary Film: Image, Sound, Fiction, Truth

By David LaRocca

Book information

Publisher
Lexington Books
Year
2017
ISBN
1498504515, 9781498504515
Google Books ID
jNguvgAACAAJ
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
63 MB (66216564 bytes)
Pages
644\645
Time added
2024-05-30 13:51:25

Description

Perhaps nowhere in the broad expanse of types of film is the old "quarrel between philosophy and poetry" more evident--and also more vitally relevant--than in the genre or mode of film known as documentary. Documentary film is just another form of poetic imitation, in its variety of instances and complexity of fabrication, it is just as much caught up with the limitations--and effects--of mimetic art, including fiction film. This book affords a prismatic perspective on documentary cinema, inviting the dynamism and diversity of the arts, humanities, social sciences, and even natural sciences together into a shared conversation.

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