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Definitions

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  • adjective film Not a documentary, or not documentary in nature

Etymologies

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non- +‎ documentary

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Examples

  • As with most nondocumentary Imax films, the story -- a comical retelling of the history of 3-D -- is a bit cheesy.

    3-D To The Max 2008

  • "I like to think of it as my first nondocumentary feature, not the second," Morris says.

    News - chicagotribune.com 2011

  • "I like to think of it as my first nondocumentary feature, not the second," Morris says.

    News - chicagotribune.com 2011

  • The film came out in 2002, and each of Scorsese's subsequent nondocumentary features -

    Philly.com - Latest Videos 2010

  • ITVS has supported a handful of nondocumentary films in the past, but has largely found the cost of feature-length work prohibitive.

    NYT > Home Page By ELIZABETH JENSEN 2010

  • "Honeydripper," set in rural Alabama in 1950, conveyed a similar aura of being too enraptured with its subject for its own good, although it must be said that given the immensity of rock mythology, such self-consciousness in a nondocumentary may be unavoidable.

    Expecting Rain NY Times 2010

  • "Avatar," a 3-D space adventure directed by Mr. Cameron and set for December release, his first nondocumentary film since 1997's "Titanic," still the biggest moneymaker in movie history, without counting inflation.

    STREET KNOWLEDGE MEDIA 2009

  • Twentieth Century Fox is betting an estimated $200 million on "Avatar," a 3-D space adventure directed by Mr. Cameron and set for December release, his first nondocumentary film since 1997's "Titanic," still the biggest moneymaker in movie history, without counting inflation.

    Reflector - Latest Headlines from The Daily Reflector 2009

  • First off, the story, about a theater director who's sucked into the vortex of his own impossible artistic ambitions, is unremittingly bleak, making for one of the most depressing nondocumentary films you're likely to see, well, ever.

    Megite Technology News: What's Happening Right Now 2008

  • First off, the story, about a theater director who's sucked into the vortex of his own impossible artistic ambitions, is unremittingly bleak, making for one of the most depressing nondocumentary films you're likely to see, well, ever.

    Megite Technology News: What's Happening Right Now 2008

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