To: weegee
The Maysles (who made Gimme Shelter, Salesman, and other documentaries) decry the use of narration, historical recreation, and any preconceived storyline in “documentary”.
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Sorry, wrong. I hired an in-house director of their's to shoot and edit a trailer for one of my projects. I spent two weeks in and out of their offices. They had just shot a 'documentary' covering some anti-US march in DC. Two of the team's PAs were 'interviewed' by the producer because they needed the right kind of statements. It was handled by none less than Albert with a nod and a wink.
13 posted on
05/10/2007 4:40:16 PM PDT by
wtc911
("How you gonna get back down that hill?")
To: wtc911
Love your tagline ‘hombre’.
19 posted on
05/10/2007 5:44:37 PM PDT by
Carl LaFong
( Enough Is Too Much !)
To: wtc911
The Maysles (who made Gimme Shelter, Salesman, and other documentaries) decry the use of narration, historical recreation, and any preconceived storyline in “documentary”. ______________________________________ Sorry, wrong. I hired an in-house director of their's to shoot and edit a trailer for one of my projects. I spent two weeks in and out of their offices. They had just shot a 'documentary' covering some anti-US march in DC. Two of the team's PAs were 'interviewed' by the producer because they needed the right kind of statements. It was handled by none less than Albert with a nod and a wink. Oooooooooooooooohh! NAstay!
20 posted on
05/10/2007 5:45:10 PM PDT by
Finny
(God continue to Bless President G.W. Bush with wisdom, popularity, safety and success.)
To: wtc911
Then they’ve abandoned their stated principle.
Their work may not qualify for the standard of which they spoke but I don’t think that the standard should be dumbed down to give awards to popular forays into “documentary” production.
Michael Moore and Al Gore make “popular” films that win awards too. They aren’t documentaries.
34 posted on
05/11/2007 6:34:39 AM PDT by
weegee
(Libs want us to learn to live with terrorism, but if a gun is used they want to rewrite the Const.)
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