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Documentary films are enjoying a resurgence in popularity. Ken Burns' TV series have drawn huge ratings, at least for PBS; HBO and other cable channels fill out their schedules with nonfiction films; and Michael Moore's satiric features meet with unprecedented success on big screens. Stubbs interviews 13 filmmakers, from cinema verite pioneers Albert Maysles (Salesman) and D. A. Pennebaker (Don't Look Back) to newer practitioners with fresh approaches, such as Ross McElwee (Sherman's March) and Nick Broomfield (Kurt and Courtney). Other subjects include Barbara Kopple, an Oscar-winner for Harlan County, U.S.A.; Chris Hegedus, who documented the dot-com crash in Startup.com; and Burns, the genre's golden boy. They all share their observations about such matters as the effect of the camera's presence on their subjects, the difficulties of obtaining financing, and the inevitable switch from film to digital video. Several mention the experience of starting off to make one kind of film, only to end up with a different kind, the product of an unscripted spontaneity that fiction films can only enviously imitate. Gordon Flagg
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Some of the most influential filmmakers of modern times-D. A. Pennebaker, Albert Maysles, Susan Froemke, Liz Garbus, Nick Broomfield, and many more-share their experiences in Documentary Filmmakers Speak, a fascinating behind-the-lens look at the contemporary documentary. Film professionals, film students, and fans of pop culture will enjoy learning more about the ins and outs of documentary filmmaking from people who have made some of the best-known documentaries of recent years. You'll discover intriguing, one-on-one interviews on topics such as storytelling techniques, funding, ethical boundaries, and what separates their genre from fictional films, as well as remarkable insights into what makes the documentary one of cinema's most exciting and rapidly growing forms.
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Documentary films are enjoying a resurgence in popularity. Ken Burns' TV series have drawn huge ratings, at least for PBS; HBO and other cable channels fill out their schedules with nonfiction films; and Michael Moore's satiric features meet with unprecedented success on big screens. Stubbs interviews 13 filmmakers, from cinema verite pioneers Albert Maysles (Salesman) and D. A. Pennebaker (Don't Look Back) to newer practitioners with fresh approaches, such as Ross McElwee (Sherman's March) and Nick Broomfield (Kurt and Courtney). Other subjects include Barbara Kopple, an Oscar-winner for Harlan County, U.S.A.; Chris Hegedus, who documented the dot-com crash in Startup.com; and Burns, the genre's golden boy. They all share their observations about such matters as the effect of the camera's presence on their subjects, the difficulties of obtaining financing, and the inevitable switch from film to digital video. Several mention the experience of starting off to make one kind of film, only to end up with a different kind, the product of an unscripted spontaneity that fiction films can only enviously imitate. Gordon Flagg
Copyright © American Library Association. All rights reserved
Book Description
Some of the most influential filmmakers of modern times-D. A. Pennebaker, Albert Maysles, Susan Froemke, Liz Garbus, Nick Broomfield, and many more-share their experiences in Documentary Filmmakers Speak, a fascinating behind-the-lens look at the contemporary documentary. Film professionals, film students, and fans of pop culture will enjoy learning more about the ins and outs of documentary filmmaking from people who have made some of the best-known documentaries of recent years. You'll discover intriguing, one-on-one interviews on topics such as storytelling techniques, funding, ethical boundaries, and what separates their genre from fictional films, as well as remarkable insights into what makes the documentary one of cinema's most exciting and rapidly growing forms.
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