Originally posted by 96RedSE5Sp:
Originally posted by ShinyRedSport:
Thank you but no

doc·u·men·ta·ry
Consisting of, concerning, or based on documents.
--->Presenting facts objectively without editorializing or inserting fictional matter, as in a book or film.<---
/pwned




Oh yeah?, how about:

"n. pl. doc·u·men·ta·ries
A work, such as a film or television program, presenting political, social, or historical subject matter in a factual and informative manner and often consisting of actual news films or interviews accompanied by narration".

And more importantly,

"[t]he Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences states that documentary films are defined as "those dealing with historical, social, scientific, or economic subjects, either photographed in actual occurrence or re-enacted, and where the emphasis is more on factual content than that on entertainment."

There is therefore no reason why a propaganda film could be characterized as a documentary under the definition of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.




Ok, I'll take a stab at both of them.

Both of your definitions state the FACTS are key to a documentary. Sure re-enactments are acceptable, as long as they DO NOT omit key facts.

However, taking the words of a man and re-arranging them to mean something else is not a fact.

For instance, looking at your posts in this thread, I can construct the following sentance.

"terrorist attacks masterminded by Michael Moore will next focus on the Bush administration." --96RedSE5Sp

Those are all words you wrote, so with some creative editing, I've made them say something completely different.

I limited myself to just thread. Imagine what I could have cut and pasted together if I went searching many other threads for words you used.

To you, this is ok?

It certainly is not ok in my book to pass this off as the intent of your words.

I think there is a defendable argument that this was done to the words of Charleton Heston for one example.

FWIW,

TB

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