Art Quote by Jean Rouch

I do not believe in the Cinema verite. Sometimes a really good lie is better than any truth.

— Werner Herzog

There are deeper strata of truth in cinema, and there is such a thing as poetic, ecstatic truth. It is mysterious and elusive, and…

— Werner Herzog

Cinema is not truth. Even when you make documentary films, you can choose to show this shot and not the other shot - this…

— Rithy Panh

Realism is always subjective in film. There's no such thing as cinema verite

— Crispin Glover

Yeah, I think any type of filmmaking is good as an on-ramp to making films. But I will say that documentary filmmakers have a…

— RaMell Ross

I think it's fair to ask how truthful a film is as opposed to how factual it is.

— Bennett Miller

Even though I was making documentaries, my films had fictional elements to them. I think I like blurring those distinctions because so much of…

— Ruth Ozeki

Cinema verité is not the film of truth, but the truth of film.

— Jean Rouch

I think any film that is based on life or real events you want it to be accurate but what really matters is that…

— Lucinda Coxon

What I know is that I am honest about my films, and my films are honest about reality. The stories themselves dictate the way…

— Andrey Zvyagintsev

Movies aren't just supposed to be a representation of reality. They're supposed to be an art.

— James Mangold

Realism is always subjective in film. There's no such thing as cinema verite. The only true cinema verite would be what Andy Warhol did…

— Crispin Glover