Bob's Docs Episode One: Manipulation

August 6, 2017 12:56 PM

For the month of August [On The Media will] be running a series of interviews Bob [Garfield] has done over the years with documentary filmmakers. In the OTM office, the producers have been referring to the collection as “Bob’s Docs.” Over the next few weeks we’ll go through some tropes of documentary film-making, from prurience to access to the personal journey. Episode one is about the deadly sin of manipulation. [audio, downloadable, 23m]

I didn't find a link to a transcript, sorry.

posted by hippybear (7 comments total)

WNYC.org says transcripts are available on the following Monday. I'd try again tomorrow.
posted by anshuman at 1:54 PM on August 6, 2017

I just LOVE OTM. This section was as good as they usually are.
posted by cccorlew at 4:05 PM on August 6, 2017

I didn't find (mote inside). Who is this person? Are you going to make me giigle this all by myself?
posted by es_de_bah at 9:21 PM on August 6, 2017

Um... Bob Garfield is one of the two hosts of the radio show On The Media. Brooke Gladstone is the other host.
posted by hippybear at 9:50 PM on August 6, 2017

OTM is also...edited...by Brooke.
posted by Insert Clever Name Here at 12:20 AM on August 7, 2017 [2 favorites]

I get the feeling from this episode that Bob is not a big fan of Errol Morris or of The Act of Killing
posted by JoeBlubaugh at 7:53 AM on August 7, 2017

I think it's more that Bob is not a big fan of documentary creators who go to very extreme ends to manipulate the timeline and the audience's experience of what is being presented to them as "real".
posted by hippybear at 10:25 PM on August 7, 2017