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The filmmaker is not telling you what to think.
Joe Berlinger
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I felt like the universe was tapping me on the shoulder saying, You're the guy who has to tell this story because nobody else is.
Joe Berlinger
I never believe I'm presenting objective reality I also don't want to delude people into thinking that my subject is talking directly to them.
Joe Berlinger
One of the great ironies of my career is that people imagine me as some sort of hardcore metal guy because of the Metallica film.
Joe Berlinger
What you hope, what you're trusting the filmmaker to do, is to capture the emotional truth of the situation.
Joe Berlinger
If a concert film is an experience of the musicianship without critiquing it, then this, too, is dropping you into a world and letting you experience it.
Joe Berlinger
Any documentary any capturing of a non-fiction event, is a hyper-realistic condensation of reality that hopefully reveals an emotional truth. It's never the actual literal truth of an event.
Joe Berlinger
You have to remain open to the situation that you're filming otherwise you might miss the story.
Joe Berlinger
Life is much more complex than the black-and-white sound bites that you get on television. There are nuances and shades of gray.
Joe Berlinger
I actually have come to believe that if people were more connected to their fellow human beings, if we all felt more centred and fulfilled in our lives, maybe we would be pointing our cameras at a lot less social ills.
Joe Berlinger
The world is watching, and you better be fair.
Joe Berlinger
I mean, The Jinx is an amazing piece of cinema and amazing television moment, it`s rare documentarians can feel the direct impact of their work.
Joe Berlinger
If people spend two hours thinking about the direction of their own lives and can relate to the stories they see on screen, to me that's a success.
Joe Berlinger
There`s a fine line between balanced journalism and trial by television.
Joe Berlinger
I'm an observer in life, not a participant. That's why I'm a documentarian who looks through a camera. I'm not a touchy-feely person I'm not a seminar person.
Joe Berlinger
