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Frederick Wisemanis an American filmmaker, documentarian, and theater director. His work is primarily about exploring American institutions.
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About the Frederick Wiseman
Frederick Wisemanis an American filmmaker, documentarian, and theater director. His work is primarily about exploring American institutions. In 2017, The New York Times called him “one of the most important and original filmmakers working today”.
6 Quotes by Frederick Wiseman
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My goal is to make as many films as possible about different aspects of American life.
Frederick WisemanAmerican documentary filmmaker
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I hope that not only my documentaries, but everybody’s documentaries, last. It will really confuse historians in the next century, because they’ll have, in addition to all the print material, they’ll have all these pictures to look at.
Frederick WisemanAmerican documentary filmmaker
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Anybody whose mind is functioning at all can’t be content with the way the world works.
Frederick WisemanAmerican documentary filmmaker
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Whether you’re a newspaper journalist, a lawyer, a doctor. You have to organize your thoughts.
Frederick WisemanAmerican documentary filmmaker
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You have to edit the material. That assumes that some kind of a mind is operating in relation to the material. Not all minds are the same. Every aspect of filmmaking requires choice. The selection of the subject, the shooting, editing and length are all aspects of choice.
Frederick WisemanAmerican documentary filmmaker
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I don’t like to read novels where the novelist tells me what to think about the situation and the characters. I prefer to discover for myself.
Frederick WisemanAmerican documentary filmmaker