Tag: non-fiction film
100 Must See Documentary Films – File Ten
“When I left university I was working for a documentary film company for six or seven years to the great relief of my father whose…
100 Must See Documentary Films – File Nine
“It’s a funny thing with documentary films – you want them to feel as entertaining and as gripping as a fictional film. With a fictional…
100 Must See Documentary Films – File Eight
“There is so much investment in it of people’s labor time that it will never make money. But there are other documentaries that you might…
100 Must See Documentary Films – File Seven
“I’ve been encouraging documentary filmmakers to use more and more humor, and they’re loath to do that because they think if it’s a documentary it…
100 Must See Documentary Films – File Six
“When you’re shooting a feature that costs $200,000 a day with a crew of 250, you don’t want accidents; you want to know exactly what’s…
100 Must See Documentary Films – File Five
“I try to learn from both, from features and documentaries. In both cases you have to find a way to make the camera as discreet…
100 Must See Documentary Films – File Four
“I like the idea of the documentary as a portrait. There’s not a chronological beginning, middle, and end structure. You build something in the editing…
100 Must See Documentary Films – File Three
“You kind of form a bond with your subjects, in a way. You’re in it together. To a degree that people don’t realize, documentary films…
100 Must See Documentary Films – File Two
“If you want to tell the untold stories, if you want to give voice to the voiceless, you’ve got to find a language. Which goes…
100 Must See Documentary Films – File One
“My hat’s off to documentary filmmakers. I don’t know if I’m ever going back to it. You’re treated like a second-class citizen at most film…
