David Holzman's Diary | ||
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Director Country of origin Year of production Length |
Jim
McBride United States 1967 73 min |
| An early black and white example of a mock-documentary, this features a young filmmaker (Holzman) who attempts to discover the 'truth' about his life by recording it on film, drawing on Jean-Luc Godard's observation that 'film is truth 24 times a second'. The film covers eight days in July, 1967, as Holzman documents his neighbourhood, stalks female strangers, interviews a friend and a neighbour, drives his girlfriend away with his continuous filming, and eventually becomes frustrated himself with the lack of revelations provided by his camera. Although more introspective than any of the other texts listed here, this film is also more direct in its examination of the nature of film and its relationship to reality. | ||
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