The documentary, at first, seems like a hagiography. Maya’s professor warns her it’s boring. “Find the dirt,” he says. She doesn’t want to. She loves Eddie.
By the 1970s and 80s, documentaries began focusing on the grueling reality of production. Notable examples include Hearts of Darkness: A Filmmaker's Apocalypse (1991), which chronicled the chaotic production of Apocalypse Now , and Burden of Dreams (1982), which followed Werner Herzog's obsessive struggle to film in the Amazon.
The documentary, at first, seems like a hagiography. Maya’s professor warns her it’s boring. “Find the dirt,” he says. She doesn’t want to. She loves Eddie.
By the 1970s and 80s, documentaries began focusing on the grueling reality of production. Notable examples include Hearts of Darkness: A Filmmaker's Apocalypse (1991), which chronicled the chaotic production of Apocalypse Now , and Burden of Dreams (1982), which followed Werner Herzog's obsessive struggle to film in the Amazon.
