Dr Susi ArnottJust learned of the death of #FrederickWiseman - all the more grateful for recent season of screenings (and there to have met one of his key camerapeople)
Trusting collaboration with shared ethos produced such valuable documentaries across decades
https://www.bfi.org.uk/features/frederick-wiseman-obituary-towering-figure-american-documentary-filmmaking
Trusting collaboration with shared ethos produced such valuable documentaries across decades
https://www.bfi.org.uk/features/frederick-wiseman-obituary-towering-figure-american-documentary-filmmaking
Frederick Wiseman obituary: towering figure of American documentary filmmaking
Across a filmmaking career spanning more than five decades, Wiseman – who has died at 96 – refined a uniquely austere, quietly radical form of documentary cinema. Working without narration, interviews or music, he revealed the inner workings of institutions and the full spectrum of human behaviour.