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The Fog of Truth: Close-Up on Documentaries


Jul 4, 2018

Depicting masters of their craft through documentary is the theme this week. In FILMWORKER, Leon Vitali spent his life working with Stanley Kubrick to develop and preserve a level of quality that Kubrick is known for to this day and in our interview Chris speaks with Sam Pollard, director of SAMMY DAVIS, JR.: I’VE GOTTA BE ME.

 

Group Review Documentary:

FILMWORKER - (2018) / USA (Director: Tony Zierra, Producers: Tony Zierra, Elizabeth Yoffe)

Available in limited theatrical release

 

Film Featured in Interview Portion:

SAMMY DAVIS, JR..: I’VE GOTTA BE ME - (2017) / USA (Director: Samuel D. Pollard  Producer: Sally Rosenthal)

 

Other Documentaries Mentioned:

Amy / 2015 (Director: Asif Kapadia)

Bombshell: The Hedy Lamarr Story (2017) / (Director: Alexandra Dean)

Crumb / 1994 (Director: Terry Zwigoff)

Evil Genius / 2018 (Director: Barbara Schroeder, co-director Trey Borzillieri)

Floyd Norman: An Animated Life / 2016 (Directors: Michael Fiore, Erik Sharkey)

The Fourth Estate / 2018 (Director: Liz Garbus)

Gaga: Five Foot Two / 2017 (Director: Chris Moukarbel)

I Am Not Your Negro / 2016 (Director: Raoul Peck)

Ingrid Bergman: In Her Own Words / 2015 (Director: Stig Björkman)

Itzhak / 2017 (Director: Alison Chernick)

Jim & Andy / 2017(Director: Chris Smith)

Joan Didion: The Center Will Not Hold / 2017 (Director: Griffin Dunne)

Listen to Me Marlon / 2015 (Director: Stevan Riley)

Man on Wire / 2008 (Director: James Marsh)

Miss Sharon Jones / 2015 (Director: Barbara Kopple)

My Architect / 2003 (Director: Nathaniel Kahn)

Room 237 / 2012 (Director: Rodney Ascher)

Ryuichi Sakamoto: Coda / 2017 (Director: Stephen Nomura Schible)

The Salt of the Earth / 2014 (Directors: Wim Wenders, Juliano Ribeiro Salgado)

Searching for Sugarman / 2012 (Director: Malik Bendjelloul)

Tig / 2015 (Directors: Kristina Goolsby, Ashley York)

Tongues Untied / 1989 (Director: Marlon Riggs)

What Happened, Miss Simone? / 2015 (Directors: Liz Garbus, Hal Tulchin)

 

Timestamps:

03:15 - Intro discussion - Documentaries about Creative Process

10:00 - Group review of FILMWORKER

23:50 - Chris Interviews Sam Pollard of SAMMY DAVIS, JR..: I’VE GOTTA BE ME

36:00 - Doc Talk

 

Hammer to Nail Links by Christopher Llewellyn Reed:

http://www.hammertonail.com/reviews/filmworker/

http://www.hammertonail.com/reviews/sammy-davis-jr-doc/

 

Website/Email:

www.fogoftruth.com

disinfo@fogoftruth.com

 

Credits:

Artwork by Hilary Campbell

Intro music by Jeremiah Moore

Transitional music by BELLS (thanks to Christopher Ernst)