Here is an excerpt and link of NYT story that discusses "TROUBLE THE WATER," a documentary about Hurricane Katrina. Pay attention to the line below:
"They let their subject take them to the unexpected."
The New York Times
Monday, March 31, 2008
By Manohla Dargis
EXCERPT:
At that point some filmmakers might have packed it in. For whatever reason-it's easy to imagine that laboring alongside Mr. [Michael] Moore requires enormous patience-they stuck around Louisiana and did the most important thing any filmmaker working in either fiction or nonfiction can do: They let their subject take them to the unexpected. In this case the unexpected was embodied by two residents of the Ninth Ward in New Orleans, an aspiring musician named Kimberly Roberts. Read More
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I find this idea to be both liberating and exciting--having the ability and freedom to just pack up and arrive some place without knowing when you will have a story and what it will be about. While I don't believe a lot of journalists necessary have the luxury to do this, I think many would consider this to be the ideal way to work. I'm actually very interested in seeing this documentary now--I wonder where I'd be able to see it?
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