In 1961, radio broadcaster and film critic Gideon Bachmann interviewed Drew Associates members Robert Drew, Richard Leacock, and D. A. Pennebaker about the new form of documentary they were in the midst of creating. Presented here, as an audio commentary to the original cut of PRIMARY, is an edited version of that conversation.
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PRIMARY: The Richard Leacock Version
The hour-long PRIMARY was ahead of its time, and no broadcaster would touch it. After the possibility of the film’s being aired at a shorter length was raised, Robert Drew Associates team member Richard Leacock edited it down to a half hour overnight. Leacock and Drew were pleased with this new c...
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Robert Drew in His Own Words
Some of the biggest names in documentary history began at Drew Associates. This 2016 piece weaves together multiple interviews with filmmaker Robert Drew to present a portrait of the man who conceived a new way of creating nonfiction cinema, and then marshaled an amazing array of talent to realiz...
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Jill Drew and D. A. Pennebaker on CRISIS
The following conversation between Drew Associates general manager Jill Drew and famed documentarian D. A. Pennebaker was recorded at Pennebaker’s offices in New York in December 2015. The two discuss the early days of Direct Cinema, working for Robert Drew, and the joys and challenges of filming...
