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“I guess I think that films have to be made totally by fascists -- there's no room for democracy in making film.”

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D. A. Pennebaker is an American documentary filmmaker known for his profound insights into modern life and innovative documentary style. His works often focus on the fields of culture, art, and music, and are renowned for their unique narrative techniques and authentic recording methods. more

“I absolutely refuse to accept the fact that any country in the world goes into a kind of film-making crisis. What happens is they lose confidence, they lose focus and the young film-makers of any particular generation can very easily get lost in that mix. It's happened in Italy, happened in France, happened in the U.K. during my lifetime.”

World Kind Country Facts Happens Film Young Lost Loses Accepting Focus Generations Happened Particular Crisis Lifetime Refuse France Makers

Author:David Puttnam

“In the U.K., the history of regulation, certainly regulation of the media, is one in which, time and again, successive governments lacked the 'bottle' to enforce the powers that were available to them.”

Government Media Available Bottles Regulation

Author:David Puttnam

“Newspapers and their editors have to become as accountable as the rest of us - they are not 'a special case,' and they have only themselves to blame for having lost the argument for 'exceptionalism' - and with it the right to 'self-regulation.”

Self Lost Cases Special Argument Blame Newspapers Editors Regulation Self Regulation Exceptionalism

Author:David Puttnam

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