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Frederick Wiseman (born January 1, 1930) is an American filmmaker, documentarian, and theater director. His work is primarily about exploring American institutions. [1] In 2017, The New York Times called him "one of the most important and original filmmakers working today".
Frederick Wiseman. Director: National Gallery. Born in 1930, Wiseman is a Cambridge, Massachusetts resident and member of the Massachusetts Bar Association who turned to filmmaking in 1967, after years as an instructor and/or researcher at Boston University, Brandeis University, and Harvard.
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May 3, 2018 · Learn about the life and work of Frederick Wiseman, a documentarian who’s been chronicling American life and institutions for over 50 years. Discover five of his films that showcase his style, scope, and social critique, and how to stream them for free.
May 21, 2024 · Frederick Wiseman (born January 1, 1930, Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.) is an American filmmaker noted for his documentaries that examine the functioning of American institutions. Wiseman was educated at Williams College in Williamstown , Massachusetts (B.A., 1951), and at Yale Law School (L.L.B., 1954.).
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- Titicut Follies (1967) Wiseman’s first feature film was almost his last when the Massachusetts Supreme Court moved for an injunction against its release.
- Essene (1972) In contrast to the oppressive rigour of Wiseman’s earlier subjects – including High School (1968) and Basic Training (1971) – this investigation into an organised social structure is tender and serene, revolving around the activities of a Benedictine monastery.
- Primate (1974) Among Wiseman’s funniest films – “a riot,” he deadpanned – Primate is also one of his most chilling. At the Yerkes Primate Research Centre, Wiseman fixes his camera behind rows of chain-link fencing, stuck at a hopeless impasse between the humans’ total lack of empathy and monkeys stripped of their agency.
- Welfare (1975) Strung out between Five Easy Pieces (1970) and The Driller Killer (1979), Welfare is one of the great movies of American existentialism – a Sisyphean dispatch from the broken frontier.
Nov 25, 2023 · And what a meal it is: Menus-Plaisirs: Les Troisgros, the 44th documentary from Frederick Wiseman, focuses on a renowned three-Michelin-star restaurant in Ouches, central France. It is the latest ...
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Dec 1, 2023 · Frederick Wiseman turns ninety-four in January. He has been making movies since 1967—forty-seven films in all, most of them about American institutions: a racetrack, a hospital, an evangelical ...
