Reality can take on many forms, but this isn't one of them. [Editor's Note: This video essay is part of our "Everything You Need to Know" series created exclusively for No Film School by Senior Post. To revisit the first two entries in the series, click here and here.] All truths are not created equal, and in the case of the difficult-to-categorize films identified as mockumentaries, all truths are false. Encompassing a style long associated with the work of nonfiction—handheld camerawork, jarringly abrupt edits, fly-on-the-wall scenarios, the breaking of the fourth wall—mockumentaries are often hilarious due to the execution of the form: how could something this absurd be real? In the third video from our "Everything You Need to Know Series," we break down the history of the genre and its far-ranging examples of challenging cinema "truthiness." Read More...
Published By: NoFilmSchool - Friday, 4 May, 2018