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A stubborn lunatic’s guide to making great art

2024/9/13
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Alex Gibney's journey in documentary filmmaking began in film school, where he made a successful TV documentary. However, he faced a long period of unemployment, during which documentaries were not commercially viable. He liked documentaries for their unique storytelling style.
  • Alex Gibney's early documentary aired on TV but didn't lead to immediate success.
  • He faced unemployment and was advised against mentioning his documentary work when seeking jobs.
  • He appreciated documentaries as movies and admired filmmakers like Fred Wiseman, the Maysles brothers, and Barbara Kopple.

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25 years ago, *The Sopranos, *the best television show ever created, premiered. This week, a new documentary called Wise Guy) asks the question: how did a show considered so risky & uncommercial even get made? We’re interviewing *Wise Guy *director Alex Gibney about that question, and about how stubborn lunatics like him and David Chase got to make the projects they wanted to make.

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