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The unwar film
While the pro- and anti-war documentaries remain locked in a tense stand-off, the one priming the pump for any given war effort, the other taking the cinematic counter-offensive, two further forms have emerged: what I call the “para-militarist” war documentary and the “unwar” documentary. This essay explores these two modes, the former whic comprises the latest addition to the militarist tradition, and the latter, which poses a laudable antidote to this trend. The “unwar” documentary, it is argued, works to undo very logic that subtends the war documentary, paramilitarist or otherwise, which operates within a direct sphere of “engagement” with militarism, never entirely outside of its bellicose imperatives.
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John Wiley & SonsBook title
A companion to contemporary documentary filmPlace of publication
Hoboken, New JerseyISBN
9780470671641Department affiliated with
- Media and Film Publications
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Alexandra Juhasz, Alisa LebowLegacy Posted Date
2014-10-06Usage metrics
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