Universal Pictures
Any film fan – by which we mean anyone who’s spent a whole day in bed on Netflix – will tell you that documentaries are one of the most vital genres in cinema. These are non-fiction explorations of important and controversial topics which illuminate aspects of history, society and culture which we’d be none the wiser about were it not for the crusading likes of Errol Morris, Michael Moore and Morgan Spurlock. Rather than cloak their messages behind the veil of fiction, these filmmakers take cameras to where the real action is, capturing in unflinching detail everything from serious war crimes to a document of why you probably shouldn’t eat fast food everyday for every meal.
Except, sometimes, the distinction between fiction and non-fiction isn’t quite so… well, distinct. Guardian columnist Ian Jack calls documentaries “a confection and often built on a series of small lies...
Any film fan – by which we mean anyone who’s spent a whole day in bed on Netflix – will tell you that documentaries are one of the most vital genres in cinema. These are non-fiction explorations of important and controversial topics which illuminate aspects of history, society and culture which we’d be none the wiser about were it not for the crusading likes of Errol Morris, Michael Moore and Morgan Spurlock. Rather than cloak their messages behind the veil of fiction, these filmmakers take cameras to where the real action is, capturing in unflinching detail everything from serious war crimes to a document of why you probably shouldn’t eat fast food everyday for every meal.
Except, sometimes, the distinction between fiction and non-fiction isn’t quite so… well, distinct. Guardian columnist Ian Jack calls documentaries “a confection and often built on a series of small lies...
- 9/26/2014
- by Tom Baker
- Obsessed with Film
Nothing, it seems, can stand in the way of the Margaret Thatcher biopic: you literally couldn't avoid it
The big story
There was only one film in town this week: The Iron Lady. Guardian political grandee Michael White failed to square the screen Thatcher with the one he knew, Alex von Tunzelmann told us there was more to Margaret Thatcher than a fabulous blow dry, Meryl Streep raced to the front of the queue in the best actress Oscar betting, the Thatcher family apparently turned down an invitation to watch the film, and the premiere – on a blue carpet – triggered the usual shenanigans. Our man Peter Bradshaw, though, has the definitive word on the film.
In the news
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 2 should get an Oscar, say its makers
Warner Bros deny cleaning up the audio on The Dark Knight Rises, after complaints no one could understand...
The big story
There was only one film in town this week: The Iron Lady. Guardian political grandee Michael White failed to square the screen Thatcher with the one he knew, Alex von Tunzelmann told us there was more to Margaret Thatcher than a fabulous blow dry, Meryl Streep raced to the front of the queue in the best actress Oscar betting, the Thatcher family apparently turned down an invitation to watch the film, and the premiere – on a blue carpet – triggered the usual shenanigans. Our man Peter Bradshaw, though, has the definitive word on the film.
In the news
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 2 should get an Oscar, say its makers
Warner Bros deny cleaning up the audio on The Dark Knight Rises, after complaints no one could understand...
- 1/5/2012
- by Andrew Pulver
- The Guardian - Film News
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