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Humour and documentary films – Notes on possibilities of humour and rhetorical functions of documentary forms

Viktor Strmiska / March 8, 2023

HUMOUR: Through authenticity and intimacy, how can we understand the nature of humour in non-fiction works?

animation, authenticity, comedy, Freud, horror, HUMOUR, HUMOUR:, intimacy, Lacan, visual effects

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