I wasn't interested at all in doing a documentary. I was not a public figure.
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I'm not trying to acquire a reputation as serious documentary maker for its own sake.
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.
But I'm a historian. I wasn't interested in just being a producer, I was interested in doing research and presenting that research to a general public.
I wasn't interested in holding onto the evidence of things.
I don't think the subject of a documentary film should be producers on it.
I don't think I'll be making documentaries my whole life.
It's supposed to be entertainment. It's not supposed to be a documentary.
People never read my books for the quality of the documentary value.
I don't know if I'd mastered that documentary format, but I wanted to move on from it.
Maybe if I found something I was really passionate about, which is entirely possible, I would make another documentary, but it's not a good career choice for anybody. I don't recommend it.
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