“I left the golden age of documentaries to go into the golden days of the 'CBS Evening News.' You could see that the audiences were eroding.” AgeLeftAudienceNewsGoldenEveningDocumentariesGolden AgeGolden Days Author:Howard Stringer
“I personally can watch an eight-hour documentary on Woody Allen because I'm fascinated by him. But, an audience can't really sit through more than two and a half hours on any movie. It doesn't matter if Marlon Brando came back from the dead. It's just impossible.” IfsTwoMatterHoursHalfWatchesAudienceImpossibleEightFascinatedDocumentariesWoodyHalf HoursBrando Author:Brett Ratner
“This was almost two hours of factual documentary. In our audience ratings, barely no one left the programme. The whole of his life is so fascinating and people kept watching for that reason.” PeopleTwoReasonWholeLife IsLiteratureLeftHoursAudienceFascinatingDocumentariesRatingProgrammesFactual Author:Martin Bashir
“While it is increasingly possible for filmmakers to find an audience on their own (something that is particularly popular amongst documentary filmmakers) I'm still a believer in the "specialist". By this I mean, I back myself as a filmmaker, but I leave the marketing and distribution of my films to the experts.” MeanStillsFilmAudienceMarketingBelieverFilmmakerExpertsDocumentariesDistributionSpecialists Author:Leanne Pooley
“I'd rather lose the small part of the audience that is going to be insulted because a documentary shouldn't have music than the big part of the audience that kind of gives itself over to the scene.” GivingKindBigsLosesAudienceSceneDocumentariesInsultedSmall Parts Author:Daniel Stamm