Definitions
Wiktionary
- n. A film that mimics the style of a documentary but is not actually produced by filming real events
Etymologies
- pseudo- + documentary (Wiktionary)
Examples
“The nasty anti-Semitic stereotypes of the 1940 pseudodocumentary “The Eternal Jew” — likening Jews to vermin — attracted few viewers.”
“The singular nuttiness of that 1953 film -- far ahead of its time in con-tent -- comes from its mind-bogglingly random shifts between pseudodocumentary earnestness and gothic delirium.”
“Earlier this year Fox aired a program called "" Alien Autopsy, '' a sensationalist pseudodocumentary of this very event.”
“Mail Order Wife is a mostly forgettable pseudodocumentary that should convince any guy that just about any other method of finding a bride is preferable.”
“This low-budget pseudodocumentary came out only last year, and I'm surprised it got so little attention, as despite its shoestring budget it's actually put together really well.”
“His early writing is gaudy Gothic pastiche, but in his mature Cthulhu tales, Lovecraft adopts a pseudodocumentary style that utilizes the language of journalism, scholarship, and science to construct a realistic and measured prose voice which then explodes into feverish, adjectival horror.”
“Neurosia: The German subtitle of Rosa Von Praunheim's satirical pseudodocumentary might be translated as "50 Years of Perversity.”
“Whereas Howard's usual style tends to neither add or subtract from a film, that actually serves the film well because when it's not a talking-head pseudodocumentary or look behind the scenes, it is essentially a verbal duel.”
“This low-budget pseudodocumentary came out only last year, and I’m surprised it got so little attention, as despite its shoestring budget it’s actually put together really well.”
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