You're making a movie, not a documentary. If you made a film like the historians would like you to make, you're not going to go and see it. I'd rather see paint dry.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
I don't think the subject of a documentary film should be producers on it.
Films are always a fiction, not documentary. Even a documentary is a kind of fiction.
This is indeed not only relevant to Documentary but is evident is most type of film making. The film often mirrors the experience, understanding and politics of the director.
The reason I call myself a documentary photographer is the idea of how photographs contain and participate in history.
But I can say what interests me about documentary is the fact that you don't know how the story ends at the onset - that you are investigating, with a camera, and the story emerges as you go along.
When I make a film, I never want the film to become a vehicle of social propaganda. If I wanted to do that, I'd make documentaries.
It's supposed to be entertainment. It's not supposed to be a documentary.
I don't think I'll be making documentaries my whole life.
I think the greatest thing about making a documentary is your ability to just follow the story and the subject.
You know, the process of making a documentary is one of discovery, and like writing a story, you follow a lead and that leads you to something else and then by the time you finish, the story is nothing like you expected.