What we know as direct cinema has been around for over 40 years. Given the esteem in which story is held today and the lack of esteem for conceptual effort, one would imagine that this would be the predominant form of portrayal. In "To Be and to Have" (Être et avoir) Philibert did succeed in making a documentary which was direct cinema but he remains the exception. A documentary which chooses to use purely narrative form is necessarily direct. Free from commentary or any other literal explanation, a film of this kind seeks to avoid disintegrating into good or bad generalities.
- Harun Farocki
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