article_snippet: Maysles on Freeing Cameras, Capturing Truths (Video)
article_snippet: We're out to discover what is going on behind the scenes and get as close as We can to what is happening," he said of the scenes cinematic style.
article_snippet: There were often emotional reactions to the scenes films; fans applauded the scenes for the trust the scenes developed with the scenes subjects, allowing the scenes to reveal long-repressed feelings or telling insights.
article_snippet: the scenes style -- with the scenes subjects caught by a hand-held camera and shotgun mike -- was in the tradition of such documentarians as Frederick Wiseman.
article_snippet: The detail is comment: fingers scratching, soft focusing.
article_snippet: A filmmaker is always making comments," cinematographer Haskell Wexler once opined in a Village Voice article.