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I may be wrong, but the essential illustrative nature of most documentary photography, and the worship of the object per se, in our best nature photography, is not enough to satisfy the man of today, compounded as he is of Christ, Freud, and Marx.

~Aaron Siskind

Topics: Best Christ Documentary Enough Essential Freud He Man Marx May Most Nature Object Our Per Photography Satisfy Today Worship Wrong

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I could probably do a documentary on acting classes; I've taken so many.

~Ahna O'Reilly

Topics: Acting Acting Classes Classes Could Documentary Many Taken

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There's a really great documentary called 'Many Rivers,' which documents the totality of slavery from its inception, and then it gives you a little history on how America came to prominence. It's crazy - the first black man to actually step foot in America came as a free man, as an explorer, with the Spaniards.

~Aldis Hodge

Topics: Actually America Black Came Crazy Documentary Documents Explorer First Foot Free Free Man Gives Great History How Inception Little Man Many Really Rivers Slavery Step Then Totality Which You

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In feature films the director is God; in documentary films God is the director.

~Alfred Hitchcock

Topics: Director Documentary Feature Feature Films Films God

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Especially when you talk about the power of documentary filmmaking, you can't really have a slant; financially, you can't have a slant on the end goals.

~Amy J. Berg

Topics: About Documentary End Filmmaking Financially Goals Power Really Slant Talk You

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'The Look' is my first documentary, and I enjoyed the freedom of working within a small team.

~Angelina Maccarone

Topics: Documentary Enjoyed First Freedom Look Small Team Within Working

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Right now, I'm Writing song lyrics. Experimenting with a play. Toying with an idea for a documentary. I hope one of these will eventually be launched into the light of day.

~Anita Diament

Topics: Day Documentary Eventually Experimenting Hope Idea Light Lyrics Now Play Right Song Will Writing

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The existing documentary makers still believe that it is impossible to produce drama material in this State, otherwise they would be doing it, they say.

~Ann Macbeth

Topics: Believe Documentary Doing Drama Existing Impossible Makers Material Otherwise Produce Say State Still They Say Would

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Comics shouldn't be 'tools' for anyone's agenda except for the characters. And I am speaking only of super hero action comics. I love many of the alternative comics that are like journalistic stories. Documentary comics, a mix of reportage and fiction. Those are just great.

~Ann Nocenti

Topics: Action Agenda Alternative Am Anyone Characters Comics Documentary Except Fiction Great Hero Journalistic Just Like Love Many Mix Only Speaking Stories Super Those Tools I Am I Love

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I would love to have been a documentary filmmaker; I just didn't have the resources to do that.

~Anna Deavere Smith

Topics: Been Documentary Filmmaker Just Love Resources Would

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