Frederick Wiseman
Frederick Wiseman
Frederick Wisemanis an American filmmaker, documentarian, and theatrical director...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionDirector
Date of Birth1 January 1930
CountryUnited States of America
Frederick Wiseman quotes about
goal different film
My goal is to make as many films as possible about different aspects of American life.
drama sadness tragedy
I'm interested in ordinary experience, and regardless of the precise definition of ordinary, and I've found that in so-called ordinary experience, there is as much comedy, tragedy, sadness, as there is in great drama. And I don't invent it, I recognize it.
cutting thinking editing
I think I have an obligation, to the people who have consented to be in the film, to make a film that is fair to their experience. The editing of my films is a long and selective process. I do feel that when I cut a sequence, I have an obligation to the people who are in it, to cut it so that it fairly represents what I felt was going on at the time, in the original event. I don't try and cut it to meet the standards of a producer or a network or a television show.
character thinking novelists
I don't like to read novels where the novelist tells me what to think about the situation and the characters. I prefer to discover for myself.
editing choices mind
You have to edit the material. That assumes that some kind of a mind is operating in relation to the material. Not all minds are the same. Every aspect of filmmaking requires choice. The selection of the subject, the shooting, editing and length are all aspects of choice.
anyone chose felt fiction interested maybe whatever
They're all movies. I've always just done whatever interested me and this interested me. I never felt any need to rationalize to myself or to anyone else why I chose to do a fiction film. Maybe I'll do another fiction film, maybe I won't; maybe I'll do another documentary, maybe I won't.