The Contemporary Resurgence of Documentary Flashcards
Rather than playing to the demands of the small screen of television, filmmakers approached documentary with the cinema screen in mind, as exemplified in the Oscar-winning One Day in September (Redbus/Passion Pictures, UK, 1999, Dir: Kevin MacDonald), and Touching the _____ (Pathe/Film 4/Uk Film Council/Darlow Smithsonian, UK/US, 2003, Dir: Kevin MacDonald).
Void.
American Michael Moore’s work has significantly raised the profile of documentary both as a cinematic and a televisual product through his controversial films Bowling for Columbine (Momentum/Alliance Atlantic/Salter Street/Dog Eat Dog, Canada, Germany/US, 2002) and Fahrenheit 9/11 (Miramax/Dog Eat Dog/Fellowship Adventure Group, US, 2004), both overtly challenging to the mainstream, overtly political, and overtly critical of the role of big business in the life of ________.
America.
One of the key figures in this movement is Morgan ________, whose first documentary feature Supersize Me (The Con, US, 2004) was an immediate and worldwide success, as it addressed the impact of fast food on health through Spurlock himself choosing to eat nothing but items on the MacDonald’s menu for thirty days.
Spurlock.
Its effects were wide-reaching, being attributed to a worldwide fall in profits for the fast food giant ___________, and forcing the company to end its Super-size promotion.
McDonalds.
Spurlock has subsequently built a ______ out of the thirty days’ concept through a series of television documentaries where subjects volunteer to have cameras follow them on their thirty-day missions.
Genre.
