A hybrid documentary genre: Animated documentary and the analysis of Waltz with Bashir (2008) Movie

• Main Author: Barış Tolga Ekinci
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: University of Pittsburgh 2017-09-01
• Series: CINEJ Cinema Journal
• Subjects: Documentary, animated documentary, Waltz with Bassir, reality, hybrid genres.
• Online Access: http://cinej.pitt.edu/ojs/index.php/cinej/article/view/144

The word documentary has been described as an advice” in “Oxford English Dictionary” in the late 1800s. Document is a main source of information for lawyers. And in cinema, basic film forms are defined with their own properties. The common sense is to separate documentary from fiction, experimental from main current and animation from the live action films. While these definitions were being made, it has been considered that which expression methods were used. The film genre which is called documentary has been defined in many different ways. In this study, animated documentary genre which is a form of hybrid documentary has been concerned with Baudrillard’s theory. In this context, Ari Folman’s animated documentary Waltz with Bassir (2008) has been analyzed with genre criticism method.