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Article: The King of cinema-verite: an interview with Allan King.(Interview)
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- March 1, 2003
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"There are few Canadian filmmakers whose impact has been central to the medium, but Allan King is unquestionably one of them. His contribution to the documentary form, most notably that strand known as cinema-verite, is second to none. Warrendale (1967) and A Married Couple (1969) are two of the most important documentaries ever made and are acknowledged as such by critics and experts around the world." Piers Handling, Director, Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF), from the preface to Allan King: Filmmaker, edited by Seth Feldman.
Cinema-verite was a term coined by French film historian Georges Sadoul in reference to Jean Rouch's and Edgar Morin's 1961 ...