Theater is where you go to find out something new that you don't know. It goes through somebody's brain and comes out in a comprehensible way that is beautiful, that's really interesting. D. A. Pennebaker beautifulbraincomprehensible Change image and share on social
A film is made in somebody's head - out of their determination to do it at all. D. A. Pennebaker determinationfilmhead Change image and share on social
You don't necessarily need a script or actors to tell a compelling tale. Finding a person at a key moment in his life and rendering the truth as you see it - that's the truest form of drama. D. A. Pennebaker actorcompeldrama Change image and share on social
Before the camera, you only had secondhand takes - someone had to tell you what they saw or draw a picture of it or sing a song. Because of the camera, sometimes to our horror, we now know everything that happens in the world - things that before we were sheltered from. D. A. Pennebaker cameradrawhorror share on social
When the fearsome foursome of rock music, Chuck Berry, Bo Diddley, Little Richard, and Jerry Lee Lewis, decided to show up in Toronto for a rock and roll festival, I knew we had to go there to try to get them all on film. D. A. Pennebaker berrychuckdecide share on social
It was interesting to shoot history as it happens, without anyone demanding a huge story. D. A. Pennebaker demandhistoryhuge Change image and share on social
Albert Grossman called my office and spoke with my partner Richard Leacock and asked if we'd be interested in making a film with his client, Bob Dylan. D. A. Pennebaker albertaskbob Change image and share on social
I think the films we see, the Hollywood films, which are basically entertainment, will still be there, but they'll be in a totally different category. People won't take them seriously. They'll kind of end up the way comic books have. A side view of things. D. A. Pennebaker basicallybookcategory share on social
I think the process is one of using the camera and sound in the way a detective uses a magnifying glass: to find the clues. They're discovery devices, not performance devices - you're watching things the way a cat does. You're not judging. You're there to witness something. D. A. Pennebaker cameracatclue share on social
