Open AccessThe Myth of the Authenticity of the Wartime Newsreels
Author(s) -
Galina Semyonovna Prozhiko
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
vestnik vgik
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2713-2471
pISSN - 2074-0832
DOI - 10.17816/vgik5322-32
Subject(s) - mythology , absolute (philosophy) , forging , quality (philosophy) , aesthetics , art , epistemology , philosophy , visual arts , art history , literature , engineering , mechanical engineering
With all the debate on the accuracy and forging of documentary footage, the basic assumption is the possibility of an absolute truthfulness as an inherent quality of this way of fixing reality. The author questions the validity of this aesthetic myth.