In Jackson Heights, Frederick Wiseman’s latest documentary, opens in Berkeley Friday, Frederick Wiseman’s latest documentary, opens in Berkeley Friday Three hours, eight minutes and thirty-one seconds: that’s the amount of time you’ll devote to In Jackson Heights (opening at Rialto Cinemas Elmwood on Friday, Dec. 18, the new feature from documentarian Frederick Wiseman. Is it […]
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Wiseman’s ‘At Berkeley’ shows a university under strain
In a sit-down interview with Berkeleyside, ‘At Berkeley’ director Frederick Wiseman says he was impressed with the way UC Berkeley was run.
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Frederick Wiseman behind the scenes at Crazy Horse
The legendary Paris exotic dance show, the Crazy Horse, is famous worldwide as the premier venue for sophisticated and sensual female nudity Frederick Wiseman has made 37 award-winning documentaries, beginning with Titicut Follies (1967), a stark graphic portrayal of the conditions at the Massachusetts State Prison for the Criminally Insane. Now, after a long career […]
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Big Screen Berkeley: Boxing Gym
A young client trains in Boxing Gym. A letter published in the March 1929 issue of Motion Picture Magazine asked: “Why in the world does anybody want to see life represented on the screen as it is? How can they stand to see anything so monotonous? We all see these commonplace things every day of […]
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Documentary maker Frederick Wiseman is on campus
Frederick Wiseman, who is shooting a film about UC Berkeley. Photo: Peg Skorpinski. Renowned documentary maker Frederick Wiseman is making his 39th film and it’s going to be all about the university in our midst. The Boston-based director began shooting on the UC Berkeley campus last month, according to Barry Bergman writing in UC Berkeley News. With […]
