San Sebastian: Broomfield hates "docudramas"
by John Hopewell
Bob Flynn, a Scottish journalist in San Sebastián for "Esquire" and "The Scotsman," interviewed Nick Broomfield, pictured on the set of "Battle for Haditha." It had played Friday to a good reception.
"Haditha" is based on true events, Broomfield complained about his film being called a "docudrama." He loathes the term. Surely, he's right. Docudramas are events shot real-time in the hoof and then bashed into a drama in the editing room. That's way different from the recreation of real events months later, using non-actors and a documentary style.
Mind you, Broomfield's still trying to work out what he should call his sub-species of docu-fiction.
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Michael Jones is the film festival editor at Variety.com. 
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