Over the course of his very long career, director Frederick Wiseman has always worked in nonfiction, in the realm of the real, yet his films may best be described as novelistic. Embedding himself in hospitals, schools, theater and dance groups, neighborhoods, and towns across the United States and occasionally Europe, he uncovers human drama, pathos, […]
Documentary Legend Frederick Wiseman Calls “BS” On Cinéma Vérité-Style Filmmaking, Reveals What Early Pauline Kael Praise Meant To Him
