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Episode 14: 'Amy' Director Asif Kapadia and How Not to Watch a Screener

Tomorrow

English - July 08, 2015 00:00 - 51 minutes - ★★★★ - 466 ratings
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Asif Kapadia, one of the most innovative documentary filmmakers in the world, joins Josh in the studio to talk about 'Amy' — his new critically acclaimed film about the late Amy Winehouse. Asif describes the art of putting together a documentary in detail and explains the origins of his unique style of constructing a narrative. The conversation also covers the back story of Asif’s award-winning documentary Senna, the difference between making a documentary and a work of fiction, and the exploitative nature of our relationship to celebrity and stardom.

This episode was recorded before the recent events at Bloomberg. More on that the next episode.
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Asif Kapadia, one of the most innovative documentary filmmakers in the world, joins Josh in the studio to talk about 'Amy' — his new critically acclaimed film about the late Amy Winehouse. Asif describes the art of putting together a documentary in detail and explains the origins of his unique style of constructing a narrative. The conversation also covers the back story of Asif’s award-winning documentary Senna, the difference between making a documentary and a work of fiction, and the exploitative nature of our relationship to celebrity and stardom.

This episode was recorded before the recent events at Bloomberg. More on that the next episode.

Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices