![]() ![]() And if you’re into bruising beefs, The King of Kong and Dig! both sit proudly at the compellingly ego-strewn end of our list of the greatest documentaries ever made. DA Pennebaker’s films offer a box seat in the lives of their subjects that money can’t buy, Jennie Livingston’s legendary LGBTQ+ doc Paris is Burning captures a cultural moment for eternity, while Martin Scorsese and Jonathan Demme’s concert films burnish musical greats with a sense of cinematic awe. ![]() That said, from the era of cinéma vérité onwards, great docs have been getting pretty damn close to the truth – and in endlessly entertaining style. You sit down expecting an objective truth, only to be reminded that there’s no such thing. Starting with the Lumière brothers, the documentary has allowed filmmakers to observe and examine life in all its glory ( Apollo 11 ) and horror ( Shoah ), as well as take playful liberties with those grey areas between reality and fiction ( F For Fake, Dick Johnson is Dead ). ![]()
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