Animating Truth – Documentary and Visual Culture in the 21st Century

This book was born out of the powerful experience of watching Quentin Tarantino’s film Kill Bill (2003).1 This is how I remember it: ‘W-h-i-m-p-e-r . . .’ the animated letters escape the child’s mouth. Hiding under the bed as her parents are attacked, a single tear forms as she watches the mattress above her slowly become soaked with blood, which then drips down onto her face, replacing the tears on her cheeks.