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Film Discussion => News and Theory => Topic started by: Jake_82 on December 02, 2003, 07:56:23 PM

Title: K Street-type fake documentary stuff
Post by: Jake_82 on December 02, 2003, 07:56:23 PM
does anyone know of any other films or tv shows done in the style of k street, where some of the characters are real and some of them aren't and it's filmed at real events while fake things happen at the same time? just any strange mix of reality and fiction, you know...
Title: K Street-type fake documentary stuff
Post by: MacGuffin on December 02, 2003, 08:15:36 PM
Robert Altman did something along the same lines with "Tanner '88". "The Player" also mixed actors playing parts with actors playing themselves.
Title: K Street-type fake documentary stuff
Post by: aclockworkjj on December 02, 2003, 08:21:06 PM
jay and silent bob...
Title: K Street-type fake documentary stuff
Post by: Jake_82 on December 02, 2003, 09:00:00 PM
Quote from: aclockworkjjjay and silent bob...

I mean more like a documentary with fake characters in it, rather than a fictional movie with actors playing themselves
Title: K Street-type fake documentary stuff
Post by: Ghostboy on December 02, 2003, 10:33:16 PM
A lot of Julien Donkey Boy was filmed that way. Although that's not a documentary. I guess Zelig would fit the bill in most regards...

How did that film you were working on over the summer turn out, btw?
Title: K Street-type fake documentary stuff
Post by: Jake_82 on December 02, 2003, 10:42:40 PM
Quote from: GhostboyA lot of Julien Donkey Boy was filmed that way.

How did that film you were working on over the summer turn out, btw?

still working on it... except I trashed the script and wrote something shorter with the same characters but a different story.. but I might be done as soon as two weeks from now
Title: K Street-type fake documentary stuff
Post by: TheVoiceOfNick on December 03, 2003, 10:40:48 AM
Have you seen that Joe Schmo show on Spike TV?  That's sorta like what you're talking about.
Title: K Street-type fake documentary stuff
Post by: pete on December 03, 2003, 02:27:14 PM
how about "The War Game", where it does like an super-realistic re-creation of a nuclear fallout, interspersed with ironic interview footages of actual politicians, church leaders, scientists, and average British citizens who say they'd feel safe in case of one.
Title: K Street-type fake documentary stuff
Post by: analogzombie on December 07, 2003, 02:23:31 AM
yes here's a must see mockumentary:

The Legend of Boggy Creek
Title: K Street-type fake documentary stuff
Post by: Thecowgoooesmooo on December 07, 2003, 11:12:35 AM
Also a great mockumentary Ive seen lately is,


They Shoot Movies Don't They?


I actually believe it was a real documentary during the whole movie, and I became emotionally involved in the character, and then, at the end, I was shocked by the climatic ending. I did some research on the movie on the net, found out it was a mock. I felt cheated, used, and pissed! But it worked.


chris