Question: All non-fiction films are authored, but the author – or the authorial attitude – is not always immediately visible. Discuss this proposition with reference to two long- form non-fiction films of your choosing. You should compare one film where the author is a visible and/or audible presence with one where the author (or the authorship) is not.
Please read attached document carefully.
Please note the chosen programmes CANNOT be any of these films as we have studied them before:
Olympia
Blackfish
Restrepo
The Civil War
Culloden
Exit Through the Gift Shop
The Power of Nightmares
Bowling for Columbine
The Last Waltz
This Is Spinal Tap
Dreams of a Life
Primary
Grey Gardens
The September Issue
The World at War
Night and Fog
Shoah
The Race for the Double Helix (episode of Life Story)
Koyaanisqatsi
Megacities
Nostalgia for the Light
The Spirit of `45
The Great Global Warming Swindle
Into the Abyss
Inside Job
Louis Theroux: The Ultra Zionists
Team America: World Police