When I did 'Don't Look Back,' I no longer had Time-Life looking over my shoulder, so I could kind of do it as I wanted, and it was like I was really correcting 'Jane.' D. A. Pennebaker backcorrectjane Change image and 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
Filming is a witnessing process. You don't try to control it, even though sometimes you wish you could because it can go really, really wrong for you. D. A. Pennebaker controlfilmprocess Change image and share on social
If you're setting up lights and tripods, and you've got three assistants running around, people will want to get you out as fast as they can. But if you go the opposite way, if you make the camera the least important thing in the room, then it's different. D. A. Pennebaker assistantcamerafast share on social
I think of all my movies as home movies! It's just that some are more expensive than others. D. A. Pennebaker expensivehomemovie Change image and share on social
People don't really want reality. They want theater, and that's different. D. A. Pennebaker peoplerealitytheater Change image and share on social
Animals are companions on this planet, not necessarily our feedbags. D. A. Pennebaker animalcompanionfeedbag Change image and share on social
Two of my sons are themselves filmmakers, and we can't afford them nor they us. They work in the real world and earn money and are pretty good at it. D. A. Pennebaker affordearnfilmmaker Change image and share on social
Well, it is curious what lasts and what doesn't. Publishing empires and whatnot would pay anything to figure it out. But they can't figure it out. D. A. Pennebaker curiousempirefigure Change image and share on social
I think, in general, independents don't have a lot of access to really good scriptwriters or actors or actresses, so they're very limited in what they can do. D. A. Pennebaker accessactoractress Change image and share on social
