“Obviously you have a responsibility - one would like to think there is such a thing as ethics in filmmaking.” ThinkingResponsibilityEthicsFilmmaking Author:George Hickenlooper
“Narrative, fiction filmmaking is the culmination of several art forms: theater, art history, architecture. Whereas doc filmmaking is more pure cinema, like cinema verité is film in its purest form. You're taking random images and creating meaning out of random images, telling a story, getting meaning, capturing something that's real, that's really happening, and render this celluloid sculpture of this real thing. That's what really separates the power of doc filmmaking from fiction.” ArtRealStoriesFilmFormFictionPureCreatingHappeningsTheaterArchitectureNarrativeCinemaFilmmakingSculptureReal ThingsArt HistoryCulminationCelluloid Author:George Hickenlooper
“At times doc filmmaking feels more rewarding creatively. Because you are creating something out of pure cinema - instead of narrative cinema, where you've got a script and a cast and you build from your foundation, whereas in documentary, you're building out of chaos.” FeelsBuildingPureCreatingFoundationChaosScriptsCastsNarrativeCinemaFilmmakingDocumentariesCreating Something Author:George Hickenlooper
“Docs are more exhausting because of the physical labor that's required. Feature filmmaking is more exhausting because of politics and the bullshit. You get to the point of rolling film and until you lock picture it's one political game after another. They're both struggles for survival. They are two different worlds.” WorldTwoDifferentFilmPoliticalGamesStruggleSurvivalLaborFeaturesFilmmakingLocksRollingBullshitExhaustingDifferent WorldsPolitical GamesStruggle For SurvivalTwo Different Worlds Author:George Hickenlooper
“I love the grandiosity of Hollywood movies, and even in independents, I love the canvas you can tell your story on. I love fiction filmmaking, you really feel like you're creating something.” FeelsStoriesActorsFictionLike YouCreatingHollywoodMovieFilmmakingCanvasCreating SomethingHollywood Movies Author:George Hickenlooper
“I think that narrative, fiction filmmaking is the culmination of several art forms: theater, art history, architecture. Whereas doc filmmaking is more pure cinema, like cinema verite is film in its purest form.” ThinkingArtFilmFormActorsFictionPureTheaterArchitectureNarrativeCinemaMovieFilmmakingArt HistoryCulmination Author:George Hickenlooper
