Re: Sight & Sound Best Documentaries List
Posted: Fri Aug 01, 2014 3:02 pm
Illustrating that documentaries have not been my primary focus in life, I've only seen 20 of these. In fact, another 20 I've never even heard of (unless some of the foreign titles are something I know by another name).
It might be worth noting here that Robert Drew, the director of Primary, died Wednesday. He was viewed as something of a father of the modern documentary, not least because on Primary he had, as cinematographers and sound men, Albert Maysles, Ricky Leacock and D. A. Pennebaker. I've said this before: this is like coming across a sandlot baseball game in 1992 with Jeter, ARod and Garciaparra ranging around the infield.
It might be worth noting here that Robert Drew, the director of Primary, died Wednesday. He was viewed as something of a father of the modern documentary, not least because on Primary he had, as cinematographers and sound men, Albert Maysles, Ricky Leacock and D. A. Pennebaker. I've said this before: this is like coming across a sandlot baseball game in 1992 with Jeter, ARod and Garciaparra ranging around the infield.