"All #art is a kind of exploring. To discover and reveal is the way every artist sets about his business."

🎞 #RobertFlaherty, American filmmaker and the father of #documentary film ("Nanook of the North"), was #BOTD 16 February 1884. #Film #Filmmaking

Christine Ott & Mathieu Gabry — Aran cover art

New #review today: "Aran is the third part of #ChristineOtt’s #SilentMovie soundtrack trilogy composed and played for movies by #FWMurnau and #RobertFlaherty. She is accompanied on stage by #MathieuGabry, her partner in #Snowdrops, and the duo weaves a score between […]

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"Sometimes you have to lie. One often has to distort a thing to catch its true spirit. There's a saying among prospectors: 'Go out looking for one thing, and that's all you'll ever find.'

🎬 #RobertFlaherty, pioneering father of #documentary #film, #DOTD 23 July 1951 #Filmmaking

"All #art is a kind of exploring. To discover and reveal is the way every artist sets about his business."

🎞 #RobertFlaherty, American filmmaker and the father of #documentary film ("Nanook of the North"), was #BOTD 16 February 1884. #Film #Filmmaking

Sesión #RobertFlaherty:

"Nanuk, el esquimal" (1922)
· youtube.com/watch?v=s8jX...

"Hombres de Arán" (1934)
· www.youtube.com/watch?v=OGfM...

* Bonus:
Senses of cinema (Great directors)
· sensesofcinema.com/2002/great-d...