Cinéma Vérité: Defining the Moment (2000)

Gênero : Documentário

Runtime : 1H 45M

Director : Peter Wintonick

Sinopse

A documentary about direct-cinema from its very beginnings (Nanook of the North) to the fake-direct-cinema of the Blair Witch Project. All the important direct-cinema filmmakers are portrayed and/or interviewed: Leacock, Wiseman, Maysles, Pennebaker, Reisz and others.

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Peter Wintonick
Peter Wintonick
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