You have to edit the material. That assumes that some kind of a mind is operating in relation to the material. Not all minds are the same. Every aspect of filmmaking requires choice. The selection of the subject, the shooting,… — Frederick Wiseman Copy Share Image
In moviemaking, you learn to pay attention to detail, because so much is in the detail. And when you're shooting, you try to be very alert to what's going on, even if you're tired. — Frederick Wiseman Copy Share Image
I hope that not only my documentaries, but everybody's documentaries, last. It will really confuse historians in the next century, because they'll have, in… — Frederick Wiseman Copy Share Image
I do not think that my films or films by any other filmmaker represent "THE TRUTH." I do not feel the need to categorize… — Frederick Wiseman Copy Share Image
You have to edit the material. That assumes that some kind of a mind is operating in relation to the material. Not all minds… — Frederick Wiseman Copy Share Image
I'm too busy to be nostalgic, which is one of the reasons to keep busy. I'm not a very sentimental person. — Frederick Wiseman Copy Share Image
Unfortunately, I never played an instrument. I can't blame my parents, but I wish I had had music lessons. It's odd because I think… — Frederick Wiseman Copy Share Image
I think I've learned a lot about how to make movies, and particularly about how to edit movies by thinking about how similar problems… — Frederick Wiseman Copy Share Image
My goal is to make as many films as possible about different aspects of American life. — Frederick Wiseman Copy Share Image
I don't really know what I want, other than good sequences, whatever that means. What I find is always a matter of chance, judgment,… — Frederick Wiseman Copy Share Image
Of course there's conscious manipulation! Everything about a movie is manipulation ... If you like it, it's an interpretation. If you don't like it,… — Frederick Wiseman Copy Share Image
I think my movies aren't sentimental. I think my movies are funny and sad and realistic. Not realistic in the sense that they're documentaries,… — Frederick Wiseman Copy Share Image
Making movies is an effort is an attempt to leave a trace of your existence. — Frederick Wiseman Copy Share Image
