The Search for Reality: The Art of Documentary Filmmaking

Rating:
Summary: Disappointing
Review: I expected this book to contain suggestions from established filmmakers on how to film with minimal impact on the subject. However, this book was nothing but a collection of anecdotes on why the filmmakers went into documentary filmmaking. If you're a film student, it could be inspirational. If you're a filmmaker or videographer, keep looking.

Rating:
Summary: A Good Idea Wasted
Review: This book is a collection of essays of varying quality by documentary filmmakers. There are some worthwhile nuggets, but much of the content is obviously filler. Michael Tobias is credited as the book's editor, but there's little evidence of any editing. The pages are filled with errors in grammar and typography, and many of the essays ramble aimlessly. This is unfortunate, because this sort of book is much appreciated. Gabriella Oldham's 'First Cut: Conversations with Film Editors' will be of more interest to filmmakers. Hopefully, a second edition of 'The Search For Reality' will be treated with more care than the first. Very disappointing.