Titicut Follies
1967
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Frederick Wiseman (born January 1, 1930) is an American filmmaker, documentarian, and theater director. His work is primarily about exploring American institutions. In 2017, The New York Times called him "one of the most important and original filmmakers working today".
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IMDb profile of Frederick Wiseman, a prolific and acclaimed documentary filmmaker who has investigated various institutions and social settings since 1967. Learn about his life, career, works, and achievements, including 3 Primetime Emmys and 47 other wins and nominations.
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May 3, 2018 · Learn about the life and work of Frederick Wiseman, a documentarian who’s been chronicling American life and institutions for over 50 years. Discover five of his films that showcase his style, scope, and social critique, and how to stream them for free.
- Titicut Follies (1967) Wiseman’s first feature film was almost his last when the Massachusetts Supreme Court moved for an injunction against its release.
- Essene (1972) In contrast to the oppressive rigour of Wiseman’s earlier subjects – including High School (1968) and Basic Training (1971) – this investigation into an organised social structure is tender and serene, revolving around the activities of a Benedictine monastery.
- Primate (1974) Among Wiseman’s funniest films – “a riot,” he deadpanned – Primate is also one of his most chilling. At the Yerkes Primate Research Centre, Wiseman fixes his camera behind rows of chain-link fencing, stuck at a hopeless impasse between the humans’ total lack of empathy and monkeys stripped of their agency.
- Welfare (1975) Strung out between Five Easy Pieces (1970) and The Driller Killer (1979), Welfare is one of the great movies of American existentialism – a Sisyphean dispatch from the broken frontier.
Apr 16, 2024 · Frederick Wiseman (born January 1, 1930, Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.) is an American filmmaker noted for his documentaries that examine the functioning of American institutions. Wiseman was educated at Williams College in Williamstown, Massachusetts (B.A., 1951), and at Yale Law School (L.L.B., 1954.). He practiced and taught law thereafter but ...
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Dec 1, 2023 · Frederick Wiseman in Paradise. At ninety-three, the filmmaker has just released a new documentary about a French restaurant. In his work, institutions develop a soul, even an unconscious. By...
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Nov 25, 2023 · Documentarist Frederick Wiseman — 44 films in and still on the clock. The 93-year-old has never lost his appetite for recording the lives and toils of ordinary people. Now he’s ready for lunch....
