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Capturing Reality

Capturing Reality (2008)

Documentary | 90 minutes
2,67 3 votes

Genre: Documentary

Duration: 90 minuten

Alternative title: Capturing Reality: The Art of Documentary

Country: Canada

Directed by: Pepita Ferrari

Stars: Werner Herzog, Heddy Honigmann and Nick Broomfield

IMDb score: 6,8 (265)

Releasedate: 1 November 2008

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Capturing Reality plot

“Real life is so much more interesting than the wildest imagination.” These are the words of Kevin MacDonald, one of the many documentary makers who interviewed filmmaker Pepita Ferrari about their profession as a documentary maker. What is a good documentary for them? How do you choose a topic – or does it choose you? How important is music for arousing emotions? Do you handle the camera yourself, do you come into the picture or do you go for fly-on-the-wall? Can film capture the real at all? Some filmmakers swear by the cinema vérité credo, others like Werner Herzog throw every kind of rule overboard and go for the “ecstasy of the truth”.

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Errol Morris Errol Morris

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Werner Herzog Werner Herzog

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Jessica Yu Jessica Yu

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Albert Maysles Albert Maysles

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Nick Broomfield Nick Broomfield

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Laura Poitras Laura Poitras

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Kevin Macdonald Kevin Macdonald

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Patricio Guzmán Patricio Guzmán

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Jennifer Baichwal Jennifer Baichwal

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Scott Hicks Scott Hicks

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