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Monday November 10, 2025

essay cinema

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Fake It So Real: Essayistic Self–Portraiture in Nathan Fielder’s The Rehearsal (2022– )

James Slaymaker
November 10, 2025
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By James Slaymaker. The Rehearsal embodies the three core characteristics of the essay film as outlined by Rascaroli: it is a hybrid form, crossing genre boundaries and destabilising the line between ‘fiction’ and ‘non–fiction’; it is highly self–reflexive, constantly encouraging the viewer to consider the construction of its own images […]

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