Paperback. The authors examine the mock-documentary through the specific relationship which the form constructs with documentary. This is part of a wider discussion of the increasingly fragile association between factual codes and conventions and the discourses which underpin the documentary genre. Their analysis includes detailed discussions of a number of key mock-documentary texts ranging from Woody Allen's "Zelig", Peter Greenway's "The Falls" and the Beatles spoof "The Rutles" through to such classic examples as "Bob Roberts", "This is Spinal Tap" and "Man bites Dog". Examines the mock-documentary through the specific relationship which the form constructs with documentary. The analysis includes detailed discussions of a number of key mock-documentary texts ranging from "Zelig" and "The Falls" through to examples like "Bob Roberts" and "This is Spinal Tap". Shipping may be from our Sydney, NSW warehouse or from our UK or US warehouse, depending on stock availability.

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Title: Faking it (Paperback)
Publisher: Manchester University Press, Manchester
Publication Date: 2001
Language: English
ISBN 10: 0719056411
ISBN 13: 9780719056413
Binding: Paperback
Condition: new

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The first major study of mock-documentary – one of a number of screen forms that play with the assumed boundaries between 'fact' and 'fiction'. Examines mock-documentary through the specific relationship which the form has with documentary. Part of a wider discussion of the increasingly fragile association between factual codes and conventions and the discourses which underpin the documentary genre. Includes detailed discussions of a number of key mock-documentary texts, ranging from Woody Allen's Zelig, Peter Greenaway's The Falls, and the Beatles spoof The Rutles through to such classic examples as Bob Roberts, This is Spinal Tap and Man Bites Dog. Opens out this relatively new media form and by doing so throws light on the status of the documentary itself.

About the Authors

Craig Hight is a Lecturer in the Department of Screen and Media Studies, Waikato University, New Zealand

Jane Roscoe teaches in the School of Film, Media and Cultural Studies, Griffith University, Brisbane, Australia

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