(JTA) — Frederick Wiseman got on the phone from his apartment in Paris. The 91-year-old filmmaker’s voice was hoarse, and he had to excuse himself a few times to speak to a doctor on the other ...
Few (if any) filmmakers have chronicled American institutions and public spaces like Frederick Wiseman. Ever since the 1960s, ...
There are not many initial viewings I remember so vividly as I do watching Frederick Wiseman's "Titicut Follies." I was a junior in college taking a course on the history of documentary and when ...
If you Google one of Frederick Wiseman’s earliest films, “Hospital” (1970), the search engine’s results identify it as a “Documentary/Comedy.” Shot at a ...