>my documentary picks... > >nanook of the north is excellent because it reveals itself (as a narrative >construct) in so many ways. > >frederick wiseman's ZOO - excellent because of the self-reflexivity - >lots of shots of spectators with cameras videotaping animal >activity...also great because, unlike most animal documentaries, it >resists attempts at anthropomorphizing discourse that is characteristic >of most animal documentaries. > >and something called "Marjo" - i think is the title - which follows the >disaffection of a young - very young - evangelical from his >evangelism...another self-reflexive documentary in which the film crew >plays a narrative role. > >Meryem Ersoz >University of Oregon > >---- >To signoff SCREEN-L, e-mail [log in to unmask] and put SIGNOFF SCREEN-L >in the message. Problems? Contact [log in to unmask] > It's about Marjoe Gortner, a young man who got himself into whole lot of trouble and was eventually disgraced. Although the film doesn't deal with that aspect of his life. Thanks, RWB> ---- To signoff SCREEN-L, e-mail [log in to unmask] and put SIGNOFF SCREEN-L in the message. Problems? Contact [log in to unmask]