Cinéma Vérité: Defining the Moment
★★★★★
English / 105 MIN. / 2000
The Genres
The Synopsis
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.
