Peter Watkins - Filmmaker Theory

Question 1

What type of cinema does Peter Watkins make?

Answer 1

Experimental, provocative, controversial and polemical cinema

Question 2

What is docudrama?

Answer 2

bold and vivid collage of newsreel type of footage, voice over narration, roving hand-held camerawork, fourth wall breaking and use of amateur actors

Question 2

Whats style of documentary did he pioneer?

Answer 2

Docudrama

Question 3

What does his work tend to do in order to reveal a truth?

Answer 3

Blur the line between fact and fiction.

Question 4

What does his stylistic and themaltically intesnse work demand?

Answer 4

Emotional and intellectual engagment

Question 5

What themes does his films usually focus on?

Answer 5

Poltical and historical themes

Question 6

What question does his films usally construct?

Answer 6

the role of mass media in controlling mediums and messages

Question 7

What would his dramatic recreations usually look like?

Answer 7

Gritty reality

Question 8

How was he very ahead of his time?

Answer 8

Exposes how ‘reality’ in television and film could be manipulated

Question 9

What are some of his other films?

Answer 9

Culloden (1964), The War Game (1965), and Punishment Park (1971)