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  • Cinéma Vérité: Defining the Moment (1999)
  • 193 min | Documentary
Cinéma Vérité: Defining the Moment (1999)
193 min | Documentary

This is a documentary about direct-cinema from its very beginnings (Nanook of the North) to the fake-direct-cinema of the Blair Witch Project. All the important direct-cinema filmmakers are portrayed and/or interviewed: Leacock, Wiseman, ...See moreThis is a documentary about direct-cinema from its very beginnings (Nanook of the North) to the fake-direct-cinema of the Blair Witch Project. All the important direct-cinema filmmakers are portrayed and/or interviewed: Leacock, Wiseman, Maysles, Pennebaker, Reisz and others. Written by Oliver Heidelbach See less
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Director
Writer
Kirwan Cox (narration written by)
Composer
Jimmy James (music composed by)
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Updated Sep 7, 1999

Release date
Jun 9, 2000 (United States)

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34 cast members
Name Known for
Gillian Caldwell
Actress Actress   See fewer
Jennifer Fox
Actress Actress   See fewer
Gregg Hale
Actor Actor   See fewer
Barbara Kopple
Actress Actress   See fewer
Doug Leiterman
Actor (as Douglas Leiterman) Actor (as Douglas Leiterman)   See fewer
Terence Macartney-Filgate
Actor (as Terry Macartney-Filgate) Actor (as Terry Macartney-Filgate)   See fewer
D.A. Pennebaker
Actor (as Donn A. Pennebaker) Actor (as Donn A. Pennebaker)   See fewer
Jean Rouch
Actor Actor   See fewer
Hope Ryden
Actress Actress   See fewer
Jacques Godbout
Narrator (French version) (voice) Narrator (French version) (voice)   See fewer
David Bowie
Self (in Little Wonder video) (archive footage) (uncredited) Self (in Little Wonder video) (archive footage) (uncredited)   See fewer
Marcel Carrière
Actor (archive footage) (uncredited) Actor (archive footage) (uncredited)   See fewer
Henri Cartier-Bresson
Self (interview) (archive footage) (uncredited) Self (interview) (archive footage) (uncredited)   See fewer
Fred Davis
Self (conducts interviews for On The Spot) (archive footage) (uncredited) Self (conducts interviews for On The Spot) (archive footage) (uncredited)   See fewer
Bob Dylan
Self (archive footage) (uncredited) Self (archive footage) (uncredited)   See fewer
Jane Fonda
Self (archive footage) (uncredited) Self (archive footage) (uncredited)   See fewer
Anne Gilbert
Self (wife of Robert Drew) (uncredited) Self (wife of Robert Drew) (uncredited)   See fewer
John Grierson
Self (founder, NFB) (archive footage) (uncredited) Self (founder, NFB) (archive footage) (uncredited)   See fewer
John F. Kennedy
Actor (archive footage) (uncredited) Actor (archive footage) (uncredited)   See fewer
Robert F. Kennedy
Self (archive footage) (uncredited) Self (archive footage) (uncredited)   See fewer
Peter Wintonick
Narrator / Self (uncredited) Narrator / Self (uncredited)   See fewer
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