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Frederick Wiseman 1930-2026
Frederick Wiseman.
Photograph: Antoine
d'Agata
Magnum, for The New York Times
What if the Great
American Novelist Doesn’t Write Novels?
Frederick Wiseman’s
documentary films offer an unparalleled,
panoramic vision of society.
His 45th feature,
“City Hall,” is on PBS this month
— and he’s eager to get back to work.
NYT
Dec. 15, 2020, 5:00
a.m. ET
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/12/15/
magazine/frederick-wiseman-documentaries.html
Frederick Wiseman, filmmaker,
84, on a walk in Paris.
Photograph: ERIK MADIGAN HECK
Wiseman’s documentary ‘‘National
Gallery’’
had its premiere at the
Directors’ Fortnight
at Cannes this year.
Old Masters
After 80, some people don’t retire. They
reign.
NYT
23 October 2014
http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2014/10/23
/magazine/old-masters-at-top-of-their-game.html
Frederick Wiseman 1930-2026
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frederick-wiseman-obituary-towering-figure-
american-documentary-filmmaking - 16 February 2026
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100000005030496/how-to-watch-a-frederick-wiseman-movie.html - April 6, 2017
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national-gallery/ - Interview by David Jenkins, Sight and Sound,
February 2015
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magazine/old-masters-at-top-of-their-game.html
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derekmalcolmscenturyoffilm
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movies/tv-the-store-a-wiseman-film.html
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archives/
watching-wiseman-watch-his-films-do-not-just-depict-social.html
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probing-the-kafkaesque-world-of-welfare-probing-the-kafkaesque.html
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Hospital_(1970_film)
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Law_and_Order_(1969_film)
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/
Titicut_Follies -
1967
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