Thursday, September 16, 2021

No more time limits on contemporary documentaries.

It is so interesting how the usual 90min - 2 hour documentary has so dramatically changed over the past few years due to streaming television channels, apps and YouTube. Now, a documentary can literally become an ongoing series filling in so many gaps of researched information that the average 90 minute feature film doc had time limited. That said, I do firmly believe that films are essentially 'stories' and a story should be limited and not go on forever like so many new shows and trendy cinematic stream series. I am not some big Guns and Roses fan, but the way this guy documented that rock band so intensely prior to their success is truly fascinating... a video podcast that doesn't just cover a band, but also documents and educates us about the dense history of Sunset Strip, Beverly Hills(with their own private police force that kept celebrity secrets from the L.A.P.D. force!), celebrity migrations, etc...

                   https://www.first50gigs.com/