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Chronicle Of A Summer: Film Genre

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The first popular usage of the term “cinéma vérité” came after the release of Chronicle of a Summer in 1961, which was the first ever documentary explicitly described in that manner(1, both books). Even during the peak of cinéma vérité’s popularity in the 1960s, it never breached into mainstream cinema(2, find gross). However, select audiences found themselves enchanted by the new style, for a plethora of different reasons, and this undying fascination persisted in minor ways through several decades. Chronicle of a Summer, and the cinéma vérité style it began, consistently exerts influence on a broad range of reality television shows from the time of its release up to today. Sometimes this influence is subtle; however, some television shows
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