I'm against escapist entertainment. Download Download Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Rotate quotes entertainment escapist
My background is in filmmaking, and my mentor is Dusan Makavejev, who combined fiction and documentary. Joshua Oppenheimer backgroundcombinedocumentary Change image and share on social
I don't like to eat when I watch films because it distracts me. Anything crunchy or in a wrapper is terrible. Joshua Oppenheimer crunchydistracteat Change image and share on social
I think it's our obligation as filmmakers, as people investigating the world, to create the reality that is most insightful to the issues at hand. Here are human beings, like us, boasting about atrocities that should be unimaginable. Joshua Oppenheimer atrocitybeingboast share on social
I have been called many things in my life, but if there has been but one constant, one barb, one arrow flung my way time after time, it is the accusation that I am, in essence, nothing more than an escapist. Apparently this is bad, suspect, possibly even un-American. J. Maarten Troost accusationamericanapparently share on social
My feeling for reality TV isn't ironic, guilty, or apologetic. Reality TV is one of the few remaining modes of popular entertainment in which characterization is permitted as plot. Andrea Seigel apologeticcharacterizationentertainment Change image and share on social
