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Mighty real: Gillian Wearing's favourite documentaries
29 March 2012 4:24 AM, PDT | The Guardian - TV News | See recent The Guardian - TV News news »
From 7 Up to Towie, Andy Warhol to the Maysles brothers, I am influenced by films that highlight human reality and interaction
When people consider the art of the moving image, documentary is most often seen as the poor cousin of the feature film. But the inception of film started with the documentary, whether it was a horse galloping or a train coming through a tunnel.
Documentaries have influenced how actors can perform more naturally, or film-makers create mises-en-scène convincingly. But more than anything, they have changed us all, allowed us to understand others we have never met or will never have the chance to meet. They have changed our social ways as we pick up on how other people live and, in some cases, adopt manners and behaviours. My work has been influenced by documentaries, particularly those from the 1970s, where new ideas were being explored in programmes like The Family and 7 Up. »
Mighty real: Gillian Wearing's favourite documentaries
29 March 2012 4:24 AM, PDT | The Guardian - Film News | See recent The Guardian - Film News news »
From 7 Up to Towie, Andy Warhol to the Maysles brothers, I am influenced by films that highlight human reality and interaction
When people consider the art of the moving image, documentary is most often seen as the poor cousin of the feature film. But the inception of film started with the documentary, whether it was a horse galloping or a train coming through a tunnel.
Documentaries have influenced how actors can perform more naturally, or film-makers create mises-en-scène convincingly. But more than anything, they have changed us all, allowed us to understand others we have never met or will never have the chance to meet. They have changed our social ways as we pick up on how other people live and, in some cases, adopt manners and behaviours. My work has been influenced by documentaries, particularly those from the 1970s, where new ideas were being explored in programmes like The Family and 7 Up. »
Movies This Week: Billion Dollar Crazy Thin Lorax Project
2 March 2012 12:00 PM, PST | Slackerwood | See recent Slackerwood news »
We've a week to go before SXSW starts and there's plenty to do in Austin right now. To start, there are two (!) Rolling Roadshows on Saturday, the first of which puts the rolling in roadshow, because to enjoy Pee Wee's Big Adventure you must cycle from Alamo Drafthouse on Slaughter Lane to the Veloway. The other, well, the Funky Chicken Coop Tour is bringing the doc Mad City Chickens to Callahan’s General Store in Bastrop. On Tuesday, the Klru co-sponsored Community Cinema Series at the Apl Windsor Park Branch is showing Revenge Of The Electric Car. This free series features light refreshments and post-film discussions with relevant organizations.
All this week, Violet Crown has added special screenings of Oscar-winning films to its schedule, including Beginners and Tree of Life; check their website for times. And as Alamo Drafthouse on Slaughter Lane prepares to officially open, it's training up all its staff, »
- Jenn Brown
Film Review: ‘Crazy Horse’ Basks in the Artful Sensuality of Scintillating Dancers
23 February 2012 10:30 AM, PST | HollywoodChicago.com | See recent HollywoodChicago.com news »
Chicago – A simple glance at the premise of “Crazy Horse” may cause skeptical viewers to dismiss the film as a two-hour peep show. What could possibly be gleaned from endless footage of near-nude Parisian burlesque performers apart from diverting titillation? Yet under the lens of legendary filmmaker Frederick Wiseman, the footage becomes something else entirely.
Rating: 3.5/5.0
Though Wiseman (of “Titicut Follies” fame) detests the term “cinéma vérité,” he is inarguably one of the grand masters of the fly-on-the-wall documentary. His signature style forbids any use of narration, staged sequences or contrived talking heads. The one reason human subjects are interviewed in a Wiseman film is because someone else decided to interview them. Favoring intuition and observation over rigorous research, the director peers through his lens with his eyes wide open.
Read Matt Fagerholm’s full review of “Crazy Horse” in our reviews section.
There are moments when Wiseman appears as »
- adam@hollywoodchicago.com (Adam Fendelman)
Frederick Wiseman Talks 'Crazy Horse,' PBS and His Bullshit Meter
23 January 2012 9:53 AM, PST | Indiewire | See recent Indiewire news »
Some call Frederick Wiseman the greatest living American filmmaker, and if he's not, he's certainly one of our most essential. Since his 1967 controversial classic "Titicut Follies," which documented the mistreatment of mental health patients at Bridgewater State Hospital, he has examined institutions from a modeling agency to a New York City welfare office to Central Park, always with a focused, unobtrusive eye, weaving together dramatic sequences and raising vital questions. His new film, "Crazy Horse" (out in limited release now), documents Paris' legendary nude revue as it revs up to premiere a new show. It is his 40th film, and at 82, he shows no sign of slowing down. We spoke to him about his process, "Crazy Horse" and what he's working on next. How do you feel about the Crazy Horse today? What is its relevance in Paris today as compared to in the past? We've got porn everywhere and »
Review: ‘Crazy Horse’ Shows the Nuts and Bolts of Bump and Grind
18 January 2012 11:56 AM, PST | The Wrap | See recent The Wrap news »
Early on in “Crazy Horse,” we see two women engaging in elaborate gymnastics inside a spinning hoop, while ornate stained-glass patterns are projected onto their nearly-nude torsos. Midway through the act, the camera cuts to a computer screen and the lighting technician who’s keeping track of the mechanics of the act. And that’s what you get in this latest documentary from the legendary Frederick Wiseman (“Titicut Follies,” “Public Housing”) — glamorous, scantily-clad girls performing onstage and the behind-the-scenes toil that makes everything onstage look so sexy and effortless. Wiseman’s documentary style is »
- Alonso Duralde
Review: ‘Crazy Horse’ Shows the Nuts and Bolts of Bump and Grind
18 January 2012 11:56 AM, PST | The Wrap | See recent The Wrap news »
Early on in “Crazy Horse,” we see two women engaging in elaborate gymnastics inside a spinning hoop, while ornate stained-glass patterns are projected onto their nearly-nude torsos. Midway through the act, the camera cuts to a computer screen and the lighting technician who’s keeping track of the mechanics of the act. And that’s what you get in this latest documentary from the legendary Frederick Wiseman (“Titicut Follies,” “Public Housing”) — glamorous, scantily-clad girls performing onstage and the behind-the-scenes toil that makes everything onstage look so sexy and effortless. Wiseman’s documentary style is »
- Alonso Duralde
The Interrupters, Tim Hetherington/Diary, Buck: Cinema Eye Honors Winners
12 January 2012 1:43 AM, PST | Alt Film Guide | See recent Alt Film Guide news »
Steve James' The Interrupters Steve James' The Interrupters, Frederick Wiseman's Harrowing Expose Titicut Follies Win Cinema Eye Honors Outstanding Achievement in Nonfiction Feature Filmmaking: The Interrupters directed by Steve James; produced by Alex Kotlowitz and Steve James Outstanding Achievement in Direction: Steve James, The Interrupters Audience Choice Prize: Buck, directed by Cindy Meehl Outstanding Achievement in a Debut Feature Film: Clio Barnard, The Arbor Outstanding Achievement in Production: Gian-Piero Ringel and Wim Wenders, Pina Outstanding Achievement in Editing: Gregers Sall and Chris King, Senna Outstanding Achievement in Cinematography: Danfung Dennis, Hell and Back Again Outstanding Achievement in an Original Music Score: John Kusiak, Tabloid Spotlight Award: The Tiniest Place, directed by Tatiana Huezo Sánchez Outstanding Achievement in Graphic Design and Animation: Rob Feng and Jeremy Landman, Tabloid Heterodox Award: Beginners, directed by Mike Mills Outstanding Achievement in Nonfiction Short Filmmaking: Diary, directed by Tim Hetherington Hell Yeah Prize: Joe Berlinger and Bruce Sinofsky, »
- Andre Soares
Steve James/The Interrupters, Frederick Wiseman/Censored Classic Titicut Follies: Cinema Eye Honors
12 January 2012 1:34 AM, PST | Alt Film Guide | See recent Alt Film Guide news »
Frederick Wiseman's Titicut Follies Steve James' The Interrupters topped the 2012 Cinema Eye Honors announced earlier this evening. The Interrupters received honors as Best Nonfiction Film and for Best Director, a first in the organization's five-year history. [Full list of Cinema Eye Honors winners.] Despite generally positive reviews and several Us-based critics' awards, The Interrupters is not in the running for the 2012 Oscars. Curiously, seventeen years ago the absence of James' Hoop Dreams from the list of Academy Award nominees sparked a furor against the Academy's Documentary Branch. "Tonight, I don't care about the Oscars!" James exclaimed while accepting his award from Michael Moore, the Academy's current Documentary Branch governor. Moore recently came up with new (and somewhat controversial) rules that are intended to open up the selection of semi-finalists and nominees for the Best Documentary Feature Oscar. Among this year's other Cinema Eye Honor winners were Cindy Meehl's Buck, which took home the Audience Choice Prize; Wim Wenders' Pina, »
- Andre Soares
An Interview With Frederick Wiseman
10 January 2012 8:27 AM, PST | Filmmaker Magazine - Blog | See recent Filmmaker Magazine news »
The New Year can be as much a time to reflect as it can be to project into the future. Some see the act of looking back as an integral part of moving forward. But on a brisk afternoon in Cambridge the day before New Year’s Eve, Frederick Wiseman resists this notion. The legendary documentary filmmaker has been making roughly one film a year since 1967, only taking breaks when funding difficulties, or in this case critical recognition, require him to do so.
Tomorrow night Wiseman is receiving the Legacy Award at the annual Cinema Eye Honors for his debut film Titicut Follies, which observed the appalling conditions at the State Prison for the Criminally Insane at Bridgewater, Massachusetts. Though completed in 1967, the film was withheld from the general public until 1991 due to its alleged violation of the inmates’ privacy. More compromising for the prosecuting government of Massachusetts, however, was »
- Daniel James Scott
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