Reflections on What Makes a Documentary `classic'

Leahy, GA

Reflections on What Makes a Documentary `classic'

Leahy, GA

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Publisher:: IM/NASS
Publication Type:: Journal Article
Citation:: IM - Journal, 2013, 1 (9), pp. 1 - 13
Issue Date:: 2013-01

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dc.contributor.author	Leahy, GA https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8653-4350	en_US
dc.date.issued	2013-01	en_US
dc.identifier.citation	IM - Journal, 2013, 1 (9), pp. 1 - 13	en_US
dc.identifier.issn	1833-0533	en_US
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/10453/27387
dc.description.abstract	This paper examines what it is that makes some documentaries become `classics' over time and argues that the documentaries that become classics are usually those that have brought innovations in form to the documentary genre. The writers list of documentary classics is presented and argued for in terms of their innovations in documentary form. There are slightly more in depth studies of the innovations in Michael Rubbos Waiting for Fidel and Chris Markers Sunless (aka Sans Soleil)	en_US
dc.publisher	IM/NASS	en_US
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dc.title	Reflections on What Makes a Documentary `classic'	en_US
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This paper examines what it is that makes some documentaries become `classics' over time and argues that the documentaries that become classics are usually those that have brought innovations in form to the documentary genre. The writers list of documentary classics is presented and argued for in terms of their innovations in documentary form. There are slightly more in depth studies of the innovations in Michael Rubbos Waiting for Fidel and Chris Markers Sunless (aka Sans Soleil)

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