The truth is out there: On the documentary rhetoric in the fantasy or science f iction film.

Authors

  • Alfredo Suppia PPGCOM Universidade Federal de Juiz de Fora

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.4013/445

Abstract

This article aims to study possible relations between the fantasy film or science fiction (SF) film and documentary cinema, through the analysis of SF movies that resort to modes of enunciation and elements of style which are usually regarded as typical of the documentary tradition.

Key-words: film history, science fiction film, documentary film.

Author Biography

Alfredo Suppia, PPGCOM Universidade Federal de Juiz de Fora

Professor de cinema do Instituto de Artes e Design e da Pós-graduação em Comunicação da Universidade Federal de Juiz de Fora.

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Published

2010-12-04

Issue

Vol. 13 No. 1 (2011): January/April

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