There's a literal track: who says what to whom, what are people wearing, etcetera. And there's the abstract track: what ideas are suggested by the literal. And the real movie takes place in the relationship between the literal and the abstract.
Documentary filmmaking ruins you for real life, because you learn to be extremely attentive. - Frederick Wiseman
Documentary filmmaking ruins you for real life, because you learn to be extremely attentive.
- Frederick Wiseman
Of course there's conscious manipulation! Everything about a movie is manipulation ... If you like it, it's an interpretation. If you don't like it, … - Frederick Wiseman
Of course there's conscious manipulation! Everything about a movie is manipulation ... If you like it, it's an interpretation. If you don't like it, …
You have to edit the material. That assumes that some kind of a mind is operating in relation to the material. Not all minds are the same. Every aspe… - Frederick Wiseman
You have to edit the material. That assumes that some kind of a mind is operating in relation to the material. Not all minds are the same. Every aspe…
I'm interested in ordinary experience, and regardless of the precise definition of ordinary, and I've found that in so-called ordinary experience, th… - Frederick Wiseman
I'm interested in ordinary experience, and regardless of the precise definition of ordinary, and I've found that in so-called ordinary experience, th…
It is always a problem to know what an image means. - Frederick Wiseman
It is always a problem to know what an image means.
In moviemaking, you learn to pay attention to detail, because so much is in the detail. And when you're shooting, you try to be very alert to what's … - Frederick Wiseman
In moviemaking, you learn to pay attention to detail, because so much is in the detail. And when you're shooting, you try to be very alert to what's …
My job as a film editor is to construct a dramatic narrative because otherwise it's just a chaotic arrangement of sequences. - Frederick Wiseman
My job as a film editor is to construct a dramatic narrative because otherwise it's just a chaotic arrangement of sequences.
Anybody whose mind is functioning at all can't be content with the way the world works. - Frederick Wiseman
Anybody whose mind is functioning at all can't be content with the way the world works.
Making movies is an effort is an attempt to leave a trace of your existence. - Frederick Wiseman
Making movies is an effort is an attempt to leave a trace of your existence.
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