The Rhetorica Network
Rhetorica is my blog about documentary film and photography since March 2021. All posts from the previous version of Rhetorica, dating back to 2002, are available on archive.org.
About Rhetorica
Rhetorica began as a press-politics blog that grew out of a web project I began in 1998 as part of my graduate studies in rhetoric. My name is Dr. Andrew R. Cline. I am an Emeritus Professor of Media & Journalism at Missouri State University. I currently live in Aveiro, Portugal where I continue to write and do documentary film and photography projects.
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Rub Their Noses In Reality
What I learned from Attica: Sometimes you have to rub the noses of the audience in reality. This Oscar-nominated feature documentary at first seems like any other of the expository mode. It’s certainly competent in its reporting and intimate in … Continue reading
Less Than Reviews of the Documentary Oscar Nominees
I don’t do documentary film reviews. I probably could do them because I have more than 40 years of experience as a professional writer and 25 years of experience as an academic whose intellectual field is partly about writing. I’ve … Continue reading
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On Visual Style in Documentary Film
Using the preposition “on” in titles is something of a promise to deliver. I tend to use it ironically as an indicator that all I’m really going to do it mention something and, perhaps, ask a few questions that I don’t … Continue reading
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Rundown of Current Documentary Projects
I have a few things in the works. Trinity. This will be a short documentary film examining the development and testing of the first atomic bomb from the perspective of a guy whose father did not storm the beaches of … Continue reading
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Behind the Scenes in Vietnam
Here’s a look behind the scenes (BTS in film lingo) on Hill 50 near Quang Ngai in Vietnam. Cinematographer Taye Taye is filming a discussion about the events of 5 March 1966 with three of the Marines who fought in … Continue reading
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