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Category Archives: direct cinema
Feature or Short: How to Decide
Never trust a clickbait headline like that from me. I never deliver. Or, rather, I deliver differently and usually over more than one post. Direct cinema — to at least some extent — is the commonality among my favorite feature … Continue reading
Watching and Listening and Letting it Happen
I got a video camera in the mid 90s to capture the usual home-movie shenanigans when my child was born. I was nearing the end of my decade as a freelance magazine writer and photographer. Up to that point — … Continue reading
What Does My List of Films Mean?
The films listed in my last post generally have one thing in common: Each is an example of direct cinema to varying degrees. The Wikipedia definition is as good as any: Like the cinéma vérité genre, direct cinema was initially characterized by filmmakers’ … Continue reading