The Search for Reality: The Art of Documentary Filmmaking

This ambitious book from author, producer and director Michael Tobias draws together the voices of 40 renowned documentary filmmakers from around the world. These contributors shed unique light on contemporary culture and aesthetics, the filmmaker's commitment to the documentary form, and the documentary production process from concept to marketplace. They also probe provocative questions: What is reality in a documentary? Can and should there be...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0941188620
• ISBN13: 9780941188623
• Release Date: July 1999
• Publisher: Michael Wiese Productions
• Length: 389 Pages
• Weight: 1.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 7.1" x 10.1"

Customer Reviews

The Best Documentary Book Out There

We feel Tobias' Search For Reality is by far the most provocative, philosophical and insightful work on non-fiction filmmaking ever written. The voices are authentic, international, and from the trenches. This is a must read for every practitioner, student, and filmgoer.