authenticity in the scenes. [1]
Even in larger budget films, such as Iñárritu’s Babel, or Coppolla’s Lost in Translation filmmakers reach for the authenticity of documentary style acquisition, opting to shoot the contextual underpinnings of their films in the actual environments, cinema verité.
Rather than trying to control everything, it is essential to allow a level of chaos to infuse the filmmaking process. Capture reality wherever possible.
“It was really Doug’s (Liman) idea to use this documentary cinema vérité approach. His whole approach was, “Don’t make Party Girl with half as much money, make Clerks with ten times as much money.” He was taking all these chances. Of course, to us at the time it looked like he was kind of flying by the seat of his pants, but ultimately the movie looked really good and we couldn’t have gotten that kind of