Cinéma Vérité: Defining the Moment (2000)
• June 9th, 2000 • 1h 45min
Documentary
Overview
A documentary about direct-cinema from its very beginnings (Nanook of the North) to the fake-direct-cinema of the Blair Witch Project. All the important direct-cinema filmmakers are portrayed and/or interviewed: Leacock, Wiseman, Maysles, Pennebaker, Reisz and others.
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