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My philosophy as a filmmaker is to inform and entertain at the same time. And when I went away from documentaries into miniseries like 'Roots,' I did the reverse. Instead of just entertaining, I want to inform at the same time.

~David L. Wolper

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When I was 16, I made some little 35mm documentaries about the poor in London. I went round Notting Hill, which was a real slum in the 1950s, shooting film.

~David Suchet

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For documentaries, I think streaming plays an amazing role, but it's a problem when the one service you initially relied on to have an incredible buffet - 'Come and see a lot of world cinema, and the lives of ordinary people as well' - all of a sudden is narrowed down until it's just gladiator after gladiator - and bloodlust.

~Debra Granik

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There are documentaries that will just save your life and be the conduit to the art form you started out loving.

~Debra Granik

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I started in documentaries. I started alone with a camera. Alone. Totally alone. Shooting, editing short documentaries for a French-Canadian part of CBC. So to deal with the camera alone, to approach reality alone, meant so much. I made a few dozen small documentaries, and that was the birth of a way to approach reality with a camera.

~Denis Villeneuve

Topics: Alone Approach Birth Camera Deal Documentaries Dozen Editing Few Made Meant Much Part Reality Shooting Short Small Started Totally Way

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From making documentaries all these years, it doesn't feel right to lead someone. In narratives, I'm always trying to shoot as though it's really happening, and I trust my actors are going to make decisions that I'm going to be following. I want to follow them.

~Derek Cianfrance

Topics: Actor Always Decisions Documentaries Feel Follow Following Going Happening Lead Make Making Narratives Really Right Shoot Someone Them Though Trust Trying Want Years

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I watch 'Al Jazeera.' They have news that you can't find anywhere else. They do great documentaries, too.

~Dick Van Dyke

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I always thought of documentaries as films through which you find your voice as a narrator.

~Diego Luna

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I watch movies occasionally, and I watch documentaries. Virtually nothing else.

~Don Delillo

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I live in New York City, and I'm making huge action movies. The people that make huge action movies live in L.A., and they're surrounded by other people who make huge action movies. I'm surrounded by people making documentaries!

~Doug Liman

Topics: Action Action Movies City Documentaries Huge Live Make Making Movies New New York New York City Other People Surrounded Who York

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