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JN: What's a common ques-
tion you encounter from
young filmmakers?
AM: They ask, "Can you really tell the
truth with the presence of a camera?" I
think you can if it's done with careful-
ness and respect for the person you're
filming.
JN: What do you think of
the work of Michael Moore,
the Michigan native who
made Sicko?
AM: It's appalling how people
are needlessly suffering and dying
because the government hasn't come
forward to help them out. Maybe we
can rectify that by spreading the word
about what's really going on.
JN: Is there a common
factor in the subjects you
cover?
AM: There's something in the subject
matter that harkens back to some
early experience in my life — some
craving, some parallel or some mirror
to my family.
JN: Is there a film - yours
or anybody else's - that
you like to see over and
over again?
AM: Any good documentary
demands that you see it over and over
again because you can't catch it all in
one viewing. I met a woman who saw
[Grey Gardens] 120 times. When I met
Bill Moyers, he said he's seen Salesman
13 times.
JN: Are there any current
issues that you think ought
to be covered in film but
have not been?
AM: There are many issues that have
been covered but not enough — all
the things that are being talked about
in Washington, such as global warm-
ing, educational problems, medical
coverage.
JN: Are you working on any
new films?
AM: Several. One is about a major
and longstanding piece of anti-
Semitism over the so-called blood-
libel accusation — namely, the totally
unfounded accusation that Jews kill
Christian children to take the blood
and mix it into matzahs sold every
Passover. Hezbollah has come up with
a film about that, and it is distributed
all over the world by satellite televi-
sion. My film will be completed as
soon as I get more financing for it.
I'm also making a film where I get
on long-distance trains that go on
two or three days. I'm going through
a half dozen different countries, and
as I walk through each train, I'll find
somebody on the train who tells a
story about to take place when he or
she gets off the train. The film is a col-
lection of a half dozen short stories of
ordinary people in all different walks
of life.
The Detroit Docs International
Film Festival runs Wednesday-
Sunday, Oct.17-21, at the Detroit
Film Theatre, 5200 Woodward,
in the Detroit Institute of Arts;
the Detroit Film Center, 1227
Washington Blvd. (two blocks
west of Woodward and one block
south of Grand River) in Detroit;
and the deSalle Auditorium in the
Cranbrook Art Museum, 39221
Woodward, in Bloomfield Hills.
Besides the screenings and spe-
cial sessions, there will be parties
at Detroit venues. $45 for a fes-
tival pass; $7.50 for single films,
$5 for students and seniors. For a
complete schedule, go to
www.detroitdocs.com or call
(313) 961-9936.
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