![]() ![]() 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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