>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. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Clapp, Jeffrey - Educational Television Developer York College - City University of New York Academic Computing & Educational Technology, Room 4M04 Jamaica, New York, 11451 United States of America 1-718-262-2759 FAX 1-718-262-2114 [log in to unmask] ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ "You have to steal in order to quote" -Arthur Rimbaud. "You have to steal in order to quote" -Jeffrey Clapp.