Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2002/11/10
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]that the defining > difference between "propaganda" and "documentary" is that the latter > chooses to downplay or ignore altoghether those aspects of reality > which do not fit comfortably with the point of view of those reporting. > > M. Martin, You did mean former rather than latter, eh? Sonny Who does propagandistic documentary shooting of small town life at: http://www.sonc.com - ----- Original Message ----- From: "Martin Howard" <mvhoward@mac.com> To: "Leica Users Group LUG" <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us> Sent: Sunday, November 10, 2002 3:26 PM Subject: [Leica] Progaganda or no? > > My on-line dictionary (American Heritage through Sherlock in OS X.2) > defines the following terms: > > Propaganda, (n): 1. The systematic propagation of a doctrine or cause > or of information reflecting the views and interests of those > advocating such a doctrine or cause. 2. Material disseminated by the > advocates or opponents of a doctrine or cause: wartime propaganda. > > (Interesting sidenote: It comes from the New Latin for 'propagating the > faith' -- the faith in this case being Roman Catholicism) > > Documentary (a): 1. Consisting of, concerning, or based on documents. > 2. Presenting facts objectively without editorializing or inserting > fictional matter, as in a book or film. > > (n): A work, such as a film or television program, presenting > political, social, or historical subject matter in a factual and > informative manner and often consisting of actual news films or > interviews accompanied by narration. > > > Not editing is, of course, impossible, as is being "objective", > although "presenting facts objectively" may or may not be the same > thing. But, it would seem to me, both from the excerpts above and from > the common sense understanding of the words, that the defining > difference between "propaganda" and "documentary" is that the latter > chooses to downplay or ignore altoghether those aspects of reality > which do not fit comfortably with the point of view of those reporting. > > M. > > -- > Martin Howard > mvhoward@mac.com > > -- > To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html