Issued also in French under title: Cinéma véité: le moment décisif. Commentary: Wolf Koenig, Henri Cartier-Bresson, Kirwan Cox, Peter Wintonick, Francis Miquet, Karel Reisz, Richard Leacock, Albert Maysles, Jean-Pierre Beauviala, Roman Kroitor, Robert Drew, Michel Brault, Jean Rouch, D. A. Pennebaker, William Greaves, Hope Ryden, James Lipscomb, Doug Leiterman, Beryl Fox, Pierre Perrault, Fred Wiseman, Barbara Kopple, Gregg Hale, Robin Cowie, Jennifer Fox, Floria Sigismondi, Terry Macartney-Filgate, Gillian Caldwell.
Contents:
Free cinema -- Leacock's lessons -- Working history -- Engineering art -- Camera as eye -- Active eye -- Absolute truth -- Verite direct -- Schmeering truth -- Art vs. truth -- Dramatic conflict -- Politics of truth -- Subjective objectivity -- Living words -- The gaze -- Cutting truth -- Legacy -- Truth and consequences -- Fiction or faction -- Verite goes Hollywood -- Verite soap -- Re/processed verite -- Chimera verite -- Witness to the world.
Summary:
The cinema verite (or direct cinema) movement of the 50's and 60's was driven by a group of rebel filmmakers tired of stilted documentaries. They wanted to show life as it really is: raw, gritty, dramatic. Rich in excerpts from verite classics with commentary by filmmakers, this is the first film to capture all the excitement of a revolution that changed movie-making forever, with its influences in everything from TV news to music videos to Webcams.
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