In documentary we deal with the actual, and in one sense with the real. But the really real, … - John Grierson

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From the essay "Twenty-five Things People Have a Shocking Capacity to Be Surprised by Over and Over Again" 1. Journalists sometimes make things up. 2. Journalists sometimes get things wrong. 3. Almost all books that are published as memoirs were initially written as novels, and then the agent<br>editor said, This might work better as a memoir. 6. Freedom of the press belongs to the man who owns one.

John Grierson

In documentary we deal with the actual, and in one sense with the real. But the really real, if I may use that phrase, is something deeper than that. The only reality which counts in the end is the interpretation which is profound

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