Many documentaries use archival footage in different ways, sometimes the entire film is archival and other times it is interwoven with new footage, or altered or animated to create a completely new and different work. This week we chat a bit about all of these variations and review the recent archival masterpiece, THEY SHALL NOT GROW OLD and Chris interviews Todd Douglas Miller of APOLLO 11.
Group Review Documentary:
THEY SHALL NOT GROW OLD (2018) / UK, New Zealand (Director: Peter Jackson / Producers: Peter Jackson, Clare Olssen)
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Film Featured in Interview Portion:
APOLLO 11 (2019) / USA (Director: Todd Douglas Miller / Producers: Todd Douglas Miller, Evan Krauss, Thomas Peterson)
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Other Films Mentioned:
Chicago 10 / 2007 (Director: Brett Morgen)
Decasia / 2003 (Director: Bill Morrison)
Dinosaur 13 / 2014 (Director: Todd Douglas Miller)
Eyes on the Prize / 1987 (Creator: Henry Hampton)
Gahanna Bill / 2001 (Director: Todd Douglas Miller)
The Gleaners and I / 2001 (Director: Agnes Varda)
Grizzly Man / 2005 (Director: Werner Herzog)
Harvard Beats Yale 29-29 / 2008 (Director: Kevin Rafferty)
Holy Hell / 2016 (Director: William Francesco Allen)
King in the Wilderness / 2018 (Director: Peter Kunhardt)
Lorena / 2019 (Director: Joshua Rofe)
Los Angeles Plays Itself / 2004 (Director: Thom Andersen)
Los Reyes / 2018 (Directors: Bettina Perut, Iván Osnovikoff)
A Movie / 1958 (Director: Bruce Conner)
Night & Fog / 1955 (Director: Alain Resnais)
Rat Film / 2017 (Director: Theo Anthony)
Scaring the Fish / 2008 (Director: Todd Douglas Miller)
Tower / 2016 (Director: Keith Maitland)
Timestamps:
00:45 - Intro conversation about documentary use of archival footage
20:55 - Group review of THEY SHALL NOT GROW OLD
30:29 - Chris interviews Todd Douglas Miller, director of APOLLO 11
50:35 - Doc Talk
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Credits:
Artwork by Hilary Campbell
Intro music by Jeremiah Moore
Editing by Christopher Llewellyn Reed
Transitional music by BELLS (thanks to Christopher Ernst)