Hi Ken, Errol Morris' The Thin Blue Line comes to mind immediately. The re-enactments are indeed expressive within the film's overall minimalist approach.
Andy Ditzler Founder and curator, Film Love: www.filmlove.org Co-founder, John Q collective: www.johnq.org John Q in the New York Times Lens blog: http://nyti.ms/2aDWklE forthcoming: Journal of American Studies, co-editor, special issue, 2017 (with Joey Orr) On Tue, Aug 30, 2016 at 11:24 AM, Ken Paul Rosenthal < kenpaulrosent...@hotmail.com> wrote: > Thanks to one and all for your suggestions. To clarify some > questions/points that were raised/made: > > > By 'expressive dramatizations', I did not intend to refer to > 'docu-dramas', or clips appropriated from fiction films as illustrations > within documentaries. So the question of where the clip or scene came from, > while interesting, is not relevant to what I'm seeking. Unfortunately, I > don't have a good memory archive of films, so the only example that came to > mind in my initial request was, 'The Act of Killing'. But I know there are > innumerable other examples. > > > I recently saw a new doc on the life of Norman Lear, which featured 'flash > back dramatizations' of a child siting on a sound stage in a very sparsely > constructed home; a wall here or there, a suspended window, colored > shadows, a b/w motion picture projection of a memory, etc. This is the best > memory I could muster, but I didn't mention it because it's still not quite > as expressive as I had in mind. Rather than 're-staged', perhaps 'staged' > would have been a good descriptor. Or 'expressively staged'--yes, I think > that works best for what I'm looking for. Regardless, I've been compiling > quite a list between Frameworks and Doculink and when I find a couple good > examples, I'll post them as illustrations for what I'm seeking, and that > might breed more suggestions. > > > While I'm very particular about word choices, and how their denotation and > connotation can be mediated by context, I typed 'docs' rather than > 'documentaries' while writing my post simply as a matter of short hand > while typing. I'll leave it all if you'd like to bandy the differences > between the two. Or the implication that verite implies truth. All one need > do is consult the numerous interview in Scott MacDonald's brilliant > compendium of interviews on the intersection of avant garde and documentary > genres for how the documentaries have evolved in practice and by extension, > definition. I also adore Herzog's insistence that anything that moves the > film towards a 'deeper truth' is fair game, no matter how re/constructed. > > > Here's a really old, short essay I wrote--telling titled, > 'Manipulations'--for a program of experimental docs I curated back in 2001 > in Singapore. I think the basic principles still hold true so I'm linking > it here for whatever relevance to the discussion may be gleaned: > http://www.kenpaulrosenthal.com/manipulations.htm > > > Cheers, Ken > <http://www.kenpaulrosenthal.com>www.kenpaulrosenthal.com > www.whisperrapture.com > www.maddancementalhealthfilmtrilogy.com > > _______________________________________________ > FrameWorks mailing list > FrameWorks@jonasmekasfilms.com > https://mailman-mail5.webfaction.com/listinfo/frameworks > >
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