Documentary Criticism

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Is a documentary that follows a person around always observational? What makes a documentary reflexive and why so few filmmakers go there How to categorize a hybrid documentary that mixes interviews with staged fiction Why documentaries keep returning to the same kinds of people and places Errol Morris and the interview style half of documentary keeps copying Poetic documentaries explain nothing — how do you know that is the point? The difference between a documentary auteur and a director for hire Bill Nichols' six modes of documentary and how to spot each one What makes documentary criticism different from reviewing a fiction film? Can a documentary be great and still lie to you? Why "objective documentary" is a contradiction critics keep pointing out How do you tell propaganda from documentary without knowing the filmmaker's intent? Reading a documentary against the filmmaker's own stated intentions How much should a director shape the story before it stops being a documentary? The ethics of reenactment in a film that claims to be true

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