>In this postmodern era, I seriously doubt that there is very much
>difference between the imperatives of the fictional film and the
>documentary.  They are both after some kind of fundamental truth, one way
>or the other, however they try to do so.
 
Fiction films strive to be "real",
a documentary strives to entertain,
what each lacks they envy, and use artifice to recreate.
 
 
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