Oh, film class.

Nov 17, 2009 16:57

So yesterday in my film class we were discussing the animated film Waltz With Bashir within the context of documentary film-making. Our TA asked us the question of whether or not we'd consider it a documentary. This is my answer, pretty much how I said it at the time:

Having seen this movie before, I'd definitely call it a documentary. First of ( Read more... )

hmm

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icephantom November 18 2009, 02:32:58 UTC
HAHHAAH so i was scrolling through my friends page and i saw NANOOK, and i was all WUT!? we had to watch nanook of the north in mmw too!! and yeah, we learend about how it wasn't real... haha. but also the guy who was playing nanook ended up dying later or something in eskimo land. it was sad :(

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nightxwires November 19 2009, 05:00:47 UTC
HAHAHA Film Studies provides for so much pwnage. You're awesome.

This reminds me of my favorite Dumbledore quote: "Why of course it's all in your head, Harry, but how does that make it any less real?"

Which I think mirrors the sentiment you were going for in your first response. If I read it right.

And Waltz with Bashir was fantastic.

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tehfoolander November 24 2009, 03:35:09 UTC
Win.

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