Jean Luc Godard said cinema is truth 24 times a second. Maybe. It’s lying 24 times a second too. All the time. All story is manipulation. Is there an acceptable manipulation? You bet.

Ken Burns, on storytelling in film.

(Y’all should watch the short documentary about Burns. It’s great.)

Wait a minute. Someone made a documentary about Ken Burns that isn’t comprised of 6-12 parts that are each 90 minutes long?   

(via theatlantic)

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