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Documentary Quotes

Depression is a real demon in the woods for a lot of creative people, you know? It’s part of what the documentary is trying to be about for me, finding balance, where the beauty that is attainable in the creative arts can be matched with the scratchy roughness of regular life Picture Quote #1

There’s a great documentary on Tupac called ‘Resurrection’ about the last few years of Tupac’s life and how he transformed. And, ironically, how this East Coast rapper became this West Coast icon, back when all that Death Row/Sean Combs stuff was going on Picture Quote #1

Feature filmmaking is a different kind of complication as documentary comes in the editing room Picture Quote #1

Watching a documentary with people hacking their way through some polar wasteland is merely a visual. Actually trying to deal with cold that can literally kill you is quite a different thing Picture Quote #1

America 24/7’ will be a landmark series in documentary photography and the watershed event of the new digital photography age Picture Quote #1

In a way then, the Divine Principle, this new revelation, is the documentary of my life. It is my own life experience. The Divine Principle is in me, and I am in the Divine Principle Picture Quote #1

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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

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

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

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

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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

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

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I don’t think you make documentary films to get your country house. If you’re trying to gamble on that, you’ve very foolish Picture Quote #1

In documentary films, you’re a storyteller using found objects. You still have to have a story arc and all the elements that make a good story. It really helped me mature as a storyteller Picture Quote #1

Michael Moore announced that his next documentary film will attack the health care industry in America. He’s not out to get the pharmaceutical companies. He’s just looking for something to relieve the redness in the center of the country Picture Quote #1

Documentary film is the one place that our people can speak for themselves. I feel that the documentaries that I’ve been working on have been very valuable for the people, for our people to look at ourselves, at the situations, really facing it, and through that being able to make changes that really count for the future of our children to come Picture Quote #1

I think documentary filmmaking is a braver way to make films because it’s real, and you’re really there Picture Quote #1

I became a documentary filmmaker because I wanted to make socially conscious films. I never studied filmmaking - everything I have learned has been on the field Picture Quote #1

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Depression is a real demon in the woods for a lot of creative people, you know? It’s part of what the documentary is trying to be about for me, finding balance, where the beauty that is attainable in the creative arts can be matched with the scratchy roughness of regular life. (Documentary Quotes) There’s a great documentary on Tupac called ‘Resurrection’ about the last few years of Tupac’s life and how he transformed. And, ironically, how this East Coast rapper became this West Coast icon, back when all that Death Row/Sean Combs stuff was going on. (Documentary Quotes) Feature filmmaking is a different kind of complication as documentary comes in the editing room (Documentary Quotes) Watching a documentary with people hacking their way through some polar wasteland is merely a visual. Actually trying to deal with cold that can literally kill you is quite a different thing. (Documentary Quotes) America 24/7’ will be a landmark series in documentary photography and the watershed event of the new digital photography age. (Documentary Quotes) In a way then, the Divine Principle, this new revelation, is the documentary of my life. It is my own life experience. The Divine Principle is in me, and I am in the Divine Principle. (Documentary Quotes) When I started my filmmaking journey 17 years ago, I honestly didn’t know what a documentary film was. (Documentary 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 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 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 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 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 Quotes) I am particularly pleased to see that there are so many women working in documentary film (Documentary Quotes) People aren’t familiar with wheelchair sports. The only film crew in Athens for the Paralympics was the documentary crew. (Documentary 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 Quotes) I don’t think you make documentary films to get your country house. If you’re trying to gamble on that, you’ve very foolish. (Documentary Quotes) In documentary films, you’re a storyteller using found objects. You still have to have a story arc and all the elements that make a good story. It really helped me mature as a storyteller. (Documentary Quotes) Michael Moore announced that his next documentary film will attack the health care industry in America. He’s not out to get the pharmaceutical companies. He’s just looking for something to relieve the redness in the center of the country. (Documentary Quotes) Documentary film is the one place that our people can speak for themselves. I feel that the documentaries that I’ve been working on have been very valuable for the people, for our people to look at ourselves, at the situations, really facing it, and through that being able to make changes that really count for the future of our children to come. (Documentary Quotes) I think documentary filmmaking is a braver way to make films because it’s real, and you’re really there. (Documentary Quotes) I became a documentary filmmaker because I wanted to make socially conscious films. I never studied filmmaking - everything I have learned has been on the field. (Documentary Quotes)

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