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Documentary Film Quotes

A good film is also a documentary Picture Quote #1

To make a documentary is one thing, to make a feature film is quite another Picture Quote #1

People aren’t familiar with wheelchair sports. The only film crew in Athens for the Paralympics was the documentary crew Picture Quote #1

This is indeed not only relevant to Documentary but is evident is most type of film making. The film often mirrors the experience, understanding and politics of the director Picture Quote #1

When I started my filmmaking journey 17 years ago, I honestly didn’t know what a documentary film was Picture Quote #1

We have a documentary film festival in Mexico. It’s really original. It’s called Ambulante, and it’s a film festival that travels around several cities in Mexico Picture Quote #1

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But one of the amazing things about documentary is that you can remake it every time you make one. There is no rule about how a documentary film has to be made Picture Quote #1

Until I was 16 or 17, I had heard practically nothing about the history that preceded 1945. Only when we were 17 were we confronted with a documentary film of the opening of the Belsen camp Picture Quote #1

So much of art-making is about reducing things to the essentials, so I don’t feel particularly crippled by this. I don’t want it to look natural because then I would be making a documentary film Picture Quote #1

I did documentary film for a long time, and I spent a lot of time behind the camera, fervently wishing that the reality I was filming would conform to my narrative propriety. But you can’t control it Picture Quote #1

I am particularly pleased to see that there are so many women working in documentary film Picture Quote #1

I’ve been called a spy of Israel since 1996, and since I made my documentary film in 2000 the FBI has investigated me as an agent of Iraq. The FBI has also opened up an investigation into my wife calling her a KGB spy Picture Quote #1

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You can’t tell by looking at a film-clip whether it is a drama or a documentary without knowing how it was produced Picture Quote #1

There’s a documentary film-maker called Werner Herzog, who’s a German film-maker. I really dig his stuff, I’d love to chat with him Picture Quote #1

I feel as if I became a documentary film-maker only because I had writer’s block for four decades. There’s no other good reason Picture Quote #1

The thing about making a documentary in Las Vegas is there isn’t much to film apart from other people making documentaries about Las Vegas Picture Quote #1

When I’m able to bring together the two worlds that I love so much - film and TV - is a documentary feature, it’s nirvana! Picture Quote #1

When you make a documentary film, after many years the only thing you remember is what you put into the film, not what you took out Picture Quote #1

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In documentary you sometimes see the tyranny of the linear, but what I’ve noticed in the last ten years in narrative film is the tyranny of the non-linear Picture Quote #1

I don’t have a horror film in me just because I don’t like to be scared. But I definitely have a documentary in me, and I certainly have dramas Picture Quote #1

People outside the documentary world don’t realize how time-consuming making a documentary film is there is a lot of responsibility, and in order to make something good you need time Picture Quote #1

The power of the documentary film, when done well, I think is usually more impacting than a narrative, at least for me. Documentaries are also cheaper, they are more accessible to make Picture Quote #1

For a documentary filmmaker, I do very well Picture Quote #1

A good documentary or educational film is not raw experience. The material has passed the mill of reason, it has been sifted and interpreted Picture Quote #1

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I don’t think the subject of a documentary film should be producers on it Picture Quote #1

Documentary films are created in an inverted funnel of declining possibility Picture Quote #1

Like theatre, crafting a documentary film takes tremendous commitment, patience and passion Picture Quote #1

Documentary filmmaking ruins you for real life, because you learn to be extremely attentive Picture Quote #1

I got five kids, and my oldest is a documentary film maker and camera man, and still photographer Picture Quote #1

I take care to only teach courses about fiction film. I believe that this balances and broadens my documentary work Picture Quote #1

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A good film is also a documentary (Documentary Film Quotes) To make a documentary is one thing, to make a feature film is quite another (Documentary Film Quotes) People aren’t familiar with wheelchair sports. The only film crew in Athens for the Paralympics was the documentary crew. (Documentary Film Quotes) This is indeed not only relevant to Documentary but is evident is most type of film making. The film often mirrors the experience, understanding and politics of the director (Documentary Film Quotes) When I started my filmmaking journey 17 years ago, I honestly didn’t know what a documentary film was. (Documentary Film Quotes) We have a documentary film festival in Mexico. It’s really original. It’s called Ambulante, and it’s a film festival that travels around several cities in Mexico. (Documentary Film Quotes) But one of the amazing things about documentary is that you can remake it every time you make one. There is no rule about how a documentary film has to be made. (Documentary Film Quotes) Until I was 16 or 17, I had heard practically nothing about the history that preceded 1945. Only when we were 17 were we confronted with a documentary film of the opening of the Belsen camp. (Documentary Film Quotes) So much of art-making is about reducing things to the essentials, so I don’t feel particularly crippled by this. I don’t want it to look natural because then I would be making a documentary film. (Documentary Film Quotes) I did documentary film for a long time, and I spent a lot of time behind the camera, fervently wishing that the reality I was filming would conform to my narrative propriety. But you can’t control it. (Documentary Film Quotes) I am particularly pleased to see that there are so many women working in documentary film (Documentary Film Quotes) I’ve been called a spy of Israel since 1996, and since I made my documentary film in 2000 the FBI has investigated me as an agent of Iraq. The FBI has also opened up an investigation into my wife calling her a KGB spy (Documentary Film Quotes) You can’t tell by looking at a film-clip whether it is a drama or a documentary without knowing how it was produced. (Documentary Film Quotes) There’s a documentary film-maker called Werner Herzog, who’s a German film-maker. I really dig his stuff, I’d love to chat with him. (Documentary Film Quotes) I feel as if I became a documentary film-maker only because I had writer’s block for four decades. There’s no other good reason. (Documentary Film Quotes) The thing about making a documentary in Las Vegas is there isn’t much to film apart from other people making documentaries about Las Vegas. (Documentary Film Quotes) When I’m able to bring together the two worlds that I love so much - film and TV - is a documentary feature, it’s nirvana! (Documentary Film Quotes) When you make a documentary film, after many years the only thing you remember is what you put into the film, not what you took out. (Documentary Film Quotes) In documentary you sometimes see the tyranny of the linear, but what I’ve noticed in the last ten years in narrative film is the tyranny of the non-linear. (Documentary Film Quotes) I don’t have a horror film in me just because I don’t like to be scared. But I definitely have a documentary in me, and I certainly have dramas. (Documentary Film Quotes) People outside the documentary world don’t realize how time-consuming making a documentary film is there is a lot of responsibility, and in order to make something good you need time. (Documentary Film Quotes) The power of the documentary film, when done well, I think is usually more impacting than a narrative, at least for me. Documentaries are also cheaper, they are more accessible to make. (Documentary Film Quotes) For a documentary filmmaker, I do very well (Documentary Film Quotes) A good documentary or educational film is not raw experience. The material has passed the mill of reason, it has been sifted and interpreted (Documentary Film Quotes) I don’t think the subject of a documentary film should be producers on it (Documentary Film Quotes) Documentary films are created in an inverted funnel of declining possibility (Documentary Film Quotes) Like theatre, crafting a documentary film takes tremendous commitment, patience and passion (Documentary Film Quotes) Documentary filmmaking ruins you for real life, because you learn to be extremely attentive (Documentary Film Quotes) I got five kids, and my oldest is a documentary film maker and camera man, and still photographer (Documentary Film Quotes) I take care to only teach courses about fiction film. I believe that this balances and broadens my documentary work (Documentary Film Quotes)

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