[LEN-E] Nanook vs. South

Luc Deneulin luc.deneulin at skynet.be
Sat Apr 26 14:11:10 EDT 2008


Probably, but the term "documentary" was used for the first time
related to a film for Nanook)) (by Gierson)

On 26 Apr 2008, at 16:46, Thomas Köhler wrote:


>

> > Wouldn't *that* be a documentary that pre-dates Nanook? Surely the

> definition of a "documentary" isn't simply that the makers referred

> to it as such, is it? And from the description/reviews of this film,

> it does sound as though South would be a more "real" documentary

> than Nanook, if only in that it really does "document" actual events

> (as opposed to staged/acted scenarios).

>

> Y



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