Joe Berlinger Quotes

• You have to remain open to the situation that you're filming otherwise you might miss the story.

  Joe Berlinger

  Missing, Stories, Might

  "Even Oscar Nominated Doc Filmmakers Need a Second Job (and Other Things We Learned at Joe Berlinger’s Master Class| by Paula Bernstein, www.indiewire.com. June 10, 2014.

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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

  Guy, Stories, Shoulders

  Source: www.motherjones.com

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• What you hope, what you're trusting the filmmaker to do, is to capture the emotional truth of the situation.

  Joe Berlinger

  Emotional, Capture, Filmmaker

  Source: povmagazine.com

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• 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

  Thinking, Two, People

  Source: povmagazine.com

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• 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

  Reality, Emotional, Events

  Source: povmagazine.com

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• 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

  Believe, People, Cameras

  Source: povmagazine.com

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• 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

  Black And White, Sound, Television

  Source: www.motherjones.com

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• Chevron has wrapped itself in some pretty good arguments that make you scratch your head. The moral responsibility is certainly at its door. I leave it to other people to figure out whether there's legal responsibility.

  Joe Berlinger

  Responsibility, Doors, People

  Source: www.motherjones.com

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• My attitude is, I am not a lawyer; I am not a doctor; I am not a scientist. I am a filmmaker and I want to present what each side is saying and let the viewer come to their own conclusion.

  Joe Berlinger

  Attitude, Doctors, Want

  Source: www.motherjones.com

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• I'm a filmmaker who is known for these ambiguous portraits that tell multiple sides of the story without really telling the audience what to think.

  Joe Berlinger

  Thinking, Portraits, Stories

  Source: www.motherjones.com

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• I like to blow up stereotypes, like taking the icons of metal, the epitome of male testosterone and showing them as regular people.

  Joe Berlinger

  Blow, Icons, People

  Source: povmagazine.com

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• The filmmaker is not telling you what to think.

  Joe Berlinger

  Thinking, Filmmaker

  Source: povmagazine.com

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• 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

  World, Film, Dropping

  Source: povmagazine.com

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• 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

  Cameras, Looks, Persons

  Source: povmagazine.com

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• The world is watching, and you better be fair.

  Joe Berlinger

  World, Fairs

  Source: collider.com

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• There`s a fine line between balanced journalism and trial by television.

  Joe Berlinger

  Trials, Television, Lines

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• 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

  Mean, Impact, Jinx

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• I don`t know the facts surrounding Andrew Jarecki`s work. I think it`s a triumph of television. But it does raise troubling issues that I think we as a documentary community, you know, need to address.

  Joe Berlinger

  Thinking, Issues, Community

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• The Metallica film was like this incredible life experience where I learned the most through guys that stereotypically you would think couldn't offer much to you. That's what I love about the film: It explodes your stereotype of them - they're not just a bunch of lugheads banging on the guitar.

  Joe Berlinger

  Thinking, Guitar, Guy

  "Joe Berlinger’s Crude Awakening". Interview with Dave Gilson, www.motherjones.com. September/October 2009.

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• 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

  Believe, Reality, Thinking

  Source: www.motherjones.com

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• 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

  Careers, People, Guy

  Source: www.motherjones.com

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