#161 - Frederick Wiseman's Camera Never Lies

The Important Cinema Club

Justin Decloux and Will Sloan

Tv & Film

4.7 • 576 Ratings

🗓️ 5 April 2019

⏱️ 37 minutes

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We discuss the films of master documentary filmmaker Frederick Wiseman and his films EX LIBRIS, HIGH SCHOOL, TITICUT FOLLIES and IN JACKSON HEIGHTS. Become a Patreon subscriber for $5 a month and get an exclusive episode every week! This week on our Patreon we discuss Martin Short's CLIFFORD. www.patreon.com/theimportantcinemaclub If you have any questions or comments, feel free to drop us a line at importantcinemaclubpodcast@gmail.com

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0:00.0	Hello, my name is Justin the Clue, and I'm here today with Will Sloan.
0:07.6	And you're listening to The Important Cinema Club. And today, we're getting real. We're talking
0:13.1	about documentaries. And we're talking about the king of the doc, Freddie Wiseman.
0:19.3	Frederick Wiseman, the great documentary filmmaker, the godfather of direct cinema, the man,
0:26.7	and you say that this is the important cinema club, well, have I got important topics for you?
0:31.6	Oh boy.
0:32.3	School.
0:33.3	The art gallery.
0:35.0	The police station, hospitals, juvenile courts, welfare offices, Central Park.
0:40.3	La Comédie Francaise.
0:42.0	Yes, the crazy horse, strip tease dancers.
0:46.2	All the most important subjects have been in front of his mighty camera.
0:50.7	And does he judge?
0:52.2	Nay, he just presents it as it is. Or. Oh, I think he judges just a little bit.
0:57.7	Oh, okay. And if he encourages you to judge, isn't that close enough? When you're talking about
1:02.9	docs, you're talking about Mr. Michael Moore. And then after that, you're talking about the god of
1:08.0	Docs, Frederick Wiseman. Probably the exact opposite of Michael Moore.
1:12.5	Pretty much almost 100%.
1:14.0	Frederick Wiseman does not impose himself on his cinema.
1:18.2	He does not question his cinema.
1:20.3	He just documents his cinema.
1:21.7	And the way that he edits it, he said himself that he edits it to reflect his own experiences and what he learned by going through these things.
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