Traditional Culture Encyclopedia - Photography and portraiture - Why did documentaries and art films originate in France?

Why did documentaries and art films originate in France?

Because they are the first to try.

France is the earliest experimenter of realism tradition and documentary aesthetics in the world film history.

Documentary photography is the photographer's "reproduction" of reality. The value of documentary lies not in the "reproduction" of reality intact, but in the "reproduction" of reality by the creator, including cognitive value and aesthetic value.