False documentaries completely deceive viewers

False documentaries completely deceive viewers

Some movies are made to nibble some popcorn, but the documentaries are supposed to hit you in the face, steal that popcorn from you, and then break your heart with evidence that the beloved Popcorn company you bought it from is horribly corrupt and evil. No, documentaries are not always fun, but they are good for you, are not they? Whether you like or hate movies like Super Size Me, Thin Blue Line, or Food, Inc., these films were made with purpose, and they combined real-life images, research, dedication and testimonials to prove their thesis in an artistically pleasing way. No small feats.

Documentaries are well regarded as a genre, but it creates a big, ugly problem: what if filmmakers lie? And if this fuzzy sequence of slender man, spaghetti, or haunted house is staged? These elaborate jokes or intentional disappointments have occurred, the true believers, and the reaction is not always pretty.

1 Do not pretend not to fall for the Blair Witch project

It looks silly now. You will probably never admit it to your children. But if you're honest with yourself, you'll admit that the reason you screamed like a baby in 1999 is the Blair Witch project was because somewhere deep down inside you thought it might be real. As the telegraph explains, the conditions that made Blair Witch's waterfall so successful at the time could never be replicated today. At the end of the 20th century, the Internet was a mysterious and scary place, so that no one could understand which sites presented real information and which ones were false. Filmmakers Blair Witch has taken advantage of this fog, blasting the weird Web Wild with dozens of faked photographs, Internet Forum posts, fake interviews, and reviews that are meant to be evidence of a real "Blair Witch." "They have always claimed that the Blair Witch Project was a documentary, and all the actors of the movie played as themselves, which makes things particularly blurry when the IMDB page of the film listed each actor as" Missing, presumed dead "According to an actress, the hubbub has become so crazy that her mother has started receiving sympathy cards on her daughter" Death. " touch, but scary.

These days, a waterfall like this would make fun of theaters. Today's audiences know that IMDb is unreliable, and one of those "Missing" actors could have been dug out on Facebook in minutes, so why the 2016 restart did not have the same effect. Nevertheless, this marketing plan has changed the face of cinema.

2 The best proof of Roswell ever ... or not

Back in 1947, a strange metal object crashed in Roswell, New Mexico. Since then, the world has never stopped speculating on what kind of strange shenanigans might have fallen. That's why millions of jaws collectively hit the floor in 1995 when Fox aired a grain, black and white documentary tipped Alien autopsy, with supposedly authentic images of a realistic alien corpse being dissected by government scientists. Depending on the time, the band was allegedly purchased from a retired military cameraman, who was to remain anonymous for his own safety. It looked real. It sounded real. He was...

... not real. About a decade later, it appeared that the film was a staging exercise developed by London producers Ray Santilli and Gary Shoefield, made using an amazing alien prosthesis designed by a doctor who sculptor. As a child who was caught with his hand in the cookie jar-and blame on their brother-Santilli claimed that his fake extraterrestrial autopsy film was simply recreating a "real" version he had seen many years before, which was, unfortunately, too damaged for public use So by making a reply, he was doing a favor to the world, you see? Needless to say, no one falls for the same turn a second time, but the Alien autopsy will be recalled by UFO fans for many years to come.

3 Spring next, plant a spaghetti tree

The wonderful taste of spaghetti, ease, and affordability makes it already a staple for college broke students around the world, but what if you could plant a tree in the yard and peel the fresh noodles to the right branches? Ridiculous as it may sound, back in 1957, the BBC celebrated Fool's Day in April with a short documentary showcasing a Swedish family harvesting fresh pasta on a spaghetti tree and letting it dry. According to narrator Richard Dimbleby, it was more stressful than it looked: the end of March was a busy time for spaghetti gardeners, as a single bad gel could spoil the flavor of the beautiful pasta.

OK, so at a high generation with Wikipedia at their fingertips, this kind of antics might seem hard to believe. But to be clear, the British at the time were not particularly familiar with spaghetti, only to have it as a rare novelty food. That's why so many viewers rang the BBC, according to the telegraph, asking how they could grow their own trees. Apparently, BBC answering machines told them to put spaghetti sprigs in boxes of tomato sauce. Pleasant. How to maintain the credibility of the press.

4 When Joaquin Phoenix risked his career

in the late 2000s, Joaquin Phoenix was one of the most famous actors in the world ... then everything became weird. In a now-infamous interview with David Letterman, a bearded, mumbling Phoenix, wearing sunglasses all the time, said he was leaving acting to focus on a new career as a hip-hop artist. It sounded like a joke, but Phoenix seemed deeply shocked by the audience's laughter. Meanwhile, in Miami, Phoenix was caught rapping on stage in a nightclub, according to the Guardian, in a terrible performance that ended with him collapsing in front of the audience. The embarrassing fall of Grace's Phoenix lasted two years, separated her fans, and led to frequent rumors of a relapse into alcoholism. In response, his friend Casey Affleck released a camera and began filming Phoenix's career change, for a documentary titled I'm Still Here.

By 2010, the press proved that I am still here was a gag. Probably the only reason it took so long was because it seemed absurd to think that a famous actor like Joaquin Phoenix would intentionally implode his own career by playing a caricature of himself, in public, for years ... but that's exactly what Phoenix did, and this serious method acting later earned him the praise of psycho-American author Bret Easton Ellis. Phoenix later described the experience as humiliating, but he does not seem to have any regrets, and he will certainly never be accused of playing security.

5 Bigfoot (did not) get captured

At this point, one would think that everyone knows that the story channel runs strange programs, especially when it comes to this Alien show featuring the guy with weird hair. Yet, the way back in the old days of November 2015, the world's most famous source for staging pawn shop dramas aired a special titled break story: Captured Bigfoot, claiming that the most famous monkey America had finally been forced to hide. The whole thing was wrong, of course, but the illusion was reinforced by paid actors, interviews with real teachers, and a Bigfoot CGI clanking his cage.

Although the intro featured a quick clip stating that the film contained "some dramatization," according to Paste magazine, millions of viewers have missed this review, resulting in an anxious Twitterstorm. People got so confused that Snopes even had to wade. Everything has been completely debunked now, and the story claims that they have never intended to deceive anyone, but do not be surprised if in 20 years you run into someone who memories on the time that they saw a Bigfoot live on television. Thank you, "History".

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6 Mr. Night Shyamalan claimed to be scary

If you create scary stories, your fans usually want you to be scary, too. Thus, in 2004, as the promotion for the village was on the rise, Director Mr. Night Shyamalan decided to play in these stereotypes by participating in a fake Sci Fi Channel "documentary" entitled the buried secret of Mr. Night Shyamalan, who has received a lot of press due to (fake) rumors that Mr. Night Shyamalan was uncomfortable with the release of the film, according to the Guardian. Why was he (supposedly) uncomfortable? Well, the movie claims that Shyamalan saw dead people as a child, a sixth sense, and the characteristics of the scenes where he comes out of interviews when the questions are too personal.

Great story for a horror movie? Sure. But the Los Angeles Times once said that the press understood that they had been fooled into providing free marketing for a three hour pub for the village, so they were not happy about it. The producers apologized soon after.

7 The false ghost story that did real damage

On Halloween 1992, the BBC honored Creepiest World Day by terrifying their viewers with a fake documentary. The Ghostwatch program, hosted by regular television hosts like Michael Parkinson and Sarah Greene, would have been broadcast "Live" footage of a family in northwestern London, whose home was terrorized by a real ghost named Pipes. Featuring postmodern tricks like cameras being taken care of and hosts disappearing, Ghostwatch was revolutionary for its time, but for some, the illusion was a little too real.

When Ghostwatch aired, the BBC's phones rang the hook with complaints. Children could not sleep, and according to the new statesman, parents accused the network of giving their children PTSD. A child who would have been traumatized by the show went to an inpatient unit for eight weeks to aggressively bang his head in an effort to escape the Ghost pipe. Four other children presented similar conditions. The most infamous victim, however, was 18-year-old Martin Denham, who apparently became so consumed with Ghostwatch after he spread that he became terrified of pipes in his home and took his own life five days later. later. To this day, Denham's parents blame the show for the death of their son.

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8 Cannibal Holocaust put his own director to the test

Ruggero Deodato's infamous Cannibal Holocaust is the grandfather of the "Found Footage" genre, but the many violent tortures, murders, and animal abuse depicted in the film-not to mention the disturbingly racist depiction of South American natives - Easily Mark it as one of the most controversial movies ever made. The film depicts a film crew exploiting an indigenous tribe, then cannibalizing with them, all in graphic detail, filmed in a documentary style that was not heard at the time. People were so shocked and horrified by the Cannibal Holocaust that, according to io9, the authorities accuse him of being a snuff film, and put Deodato on trial for killing his actors.

The case of Deodato was not helped by the fact that his actors had disappeared from the media for the year, thanks to a contractual clause that he had made them sign. Naturally, this contract was broken faster than a glass bottle once the courts were involved, and the murder charges were erased. What has not been magically reversed has been the very real, very cruel animal abuse that the film portrays, which has got Deodato fine, and according to the Guardian is the only aspect of the film he regrets today.

9 When a young Peter Jackson punked New Zealand

Today, Peter Jackson is one of the most famous filmmakers on the planet. But in the 1990s, he was just a crazy New Zealander whose resume was set by some of the most burlesque pie movies ever made, so no one was ready when he put a fake 1995 documentary TV titled Silver Forgotten, who momentarily fooled the country into thinking that a fictitious kiwi filmmaker named Colin McKenzie was one of the greatest film pioneers of all time.

By the way, the forgotten money was the culmination of a clever viral campaign claiming that Jackson had discovered a chest full of Colin McKenzie reels at someone's home. While New Zealand viewers were initially excited to discover that a local hero had invented the two color films and the talkies, the many forgotten Silver lies, including the fact that Colin McKenzie had apparently stole an airplane six months before the Wright brothers - finally added, and by the time the program ended, viewers were furious at being fooled. The University of Waikato says that Jackson and his co-director Costa Bireau went on television the next day to apologize. People were still upset, however, with a particularly furious criticism casting "smallpox" on Peter Jackson's future efforts. Considering the success of these films Lord of the Rings ended up being, it does not seem that the curse was too effective.

10 The slender man is not real, but ...

The origins of the thin man as a crowdsourced internet legend are pretty well documented by now, but back in 2009, there was still a lot of people wondering if the big faceless guy in the scary playground pictures was real . It is in this environment that amateur filmmakers Troy Wagner and Joseph Delage dropped "entry 1" from their innovative web series marble horns on YouTube and set fire to the Internet.

What made the marble hornets so effective, like the bloody recounts, was that it was not just a series but an alternative game of reality. Each episode was uploaded by a so-called real person named Jay, who was investigating a series of tapes left by his missing friend Alex. Throughout these clips, the slender man makes occasional, horrifying appearances in the background, and Jay soon begins to experience strange things in his own life and ask his YouTube viewers for help. Meanwhile, as the alloy points out, the Creepiest party could have been a YouTuber mate named "totheark," who started responding to Jay's videos with his own disturbing clips. Yes, it was fictional. But it was real, and that's not all that matters?

11 The great volcano of Massachusetts

In the chilly northeastern United States, probably the only thing that could get Bostonians more frantic than another Red Sox win would be if one of the nearby mountains blew its top and started spewing lava everywhere.

Like any resident of Milton, Massachusetts, will tell you, one of the best places to check out Boston's skyline is on the big blue hill, which many people drive by daily without any worries about the fire. , smoke, or melted rock ... because, you know, it's just a hill. But in 1980, Atlas obscura notes that a local television station got Beantown Running Wild when it aired fiery images of Mount St. Helens, claiming it was the big blue hill and it had erupted into a volcano that was going probably swallowing everything in his path. On the rise of stakes, the network also ran audio from President Jimmy Carter in the background.

Guess what day it was broadcast? That's right: April Fool's Day. But all those panicky residents did not have time to check the schedule before dialing the local police station and pleading for evacuation instructions. Although the network had probably thought that everyone would make fun of a stupid volcano clip, the producer who orchestrated the entire Stunt was fired on it.

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