David Holzman's Diary

     

David Holzman's Diary1967

Genre: Comedy, Drama
David Holzman's Diary is a 1967 American mockumentary, or work of metacinema, directed by James McBride and starring L.M. Kit Carson. A feature-length film made on a tiny budget over several days, it is a work of experimental fiction presented as a… more »


Pepe:
You don't understand the basic principle. As soon as you start filming something, what happens in front of the camera is not reality anymore it becomes part of something else it becomes a movie. You start becoming very self-conscious about everything you do. Should I put my hand here, should I put my hand here? Should I place myself in this part of the frame, should I place myself in this side of the frame? And your decisions stop being moral decisions and start being aesthetical decisions. And your whole life stops being your life and starts being a work of art-a very bad work of art.

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